Paul Burns: New Canadian regulation a case of when, not if
Canada’s long journey towards the introduction of regulated, single-event sports betting will ultimately prove successful, Paul Burns, founder and CEO of the Canadian Gaming...
Lottery exemption from Spain ad ban ‘discriminatory’
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has responded to the Spanish government radically altering its Royal Decree on Advertising mandate which has seen the addition...
Brazilian Deputies postpone vote on lottery project
A bill that would push the percentage from federal lottery prizes in Brazil going to public coffers down by 3% has been postponed by...
Spanish lotteries escape further market restrictions
The Spanish lotteries, ONCE and SELAE, have escaped wider restrictions around gambling advertising and marketing, with Director-General of Spain’s DGOJ Mikel Arana refuting criticism...
Dekker to develop Dutch lottery framework
An industry report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has revealed that Dutch Minister for Legal Protection, Sander Dekker, is set to develop a framework which aims...
House of Lords report: more of a curate’s egg than we’d like
In publishing its latest report, ‘Gambling Harm - Time for Action’, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of...
EL reflects on a positive year in annual report for 2019
Lottery umbrella organisation European Lotteries (EL) has published its annual report for 2019, tracking a busy year of activity that saw changes at the...
Lords report recommends raising lottery age limit to 18
A report into gambling legislation by the UK's House of Lords has said that the minimum age for gambling on lottery products should be...
Brazil’s regulator authorizes Lotofácil modifications
The Secretariat for the Evaluation of Public Policies, Planning, Energy and Lottery (SECAP), Brazil’s gambling regulator, has officialised a series of changes in Lotofácil’s...
ANJ takes sole regulatory control over French gambling market
L'Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has officially been unveiled as France’s new gambling regulator, taking over from ARJEL whilst also inheriting significantly expanded regulatory...