The Dutch gaming authority, Kansspelautoriteit, has increased its fine policy for those offering gambling kiosks illegally.

Updating policy rules that have stood since 2014, basic fines have been raised by the gaming authority from €7,500 to €20,000 per device, to €25,000 to €100,000 per device.

The KSA describes a gambling kiosk as a “device that allows gambling on location” and that they’re sometimes referred to as an “internet kiosk or football kiosk”, adding that the games of chance featured are “almost always illegal”.

According to the gaming authority, slot machines don’t fall under the term gambling kiosk as they require an operating or presence permit. However, they noted that the number of gambling kiosks is increasing and that mobile devices such as laptops and telephones have an increasing share in the devices used.

The KSA added that administrative fines imposed “consist of a fixed fine amount per device found used in gambling” and that it doesn’t matter whether “the de..

Spillemyndigheden has once again declared a year-over-year decrease in Denmark’s monthly gross gaming revenue across betting, gaming machines and land-based casinos.

Although overall GGR declined, online and land-based casinos improved, but betting and gaming machine figures fell in comparison to the same month the previous year.

Posting figures for May 2024, the Danish gambling authority reported a GGR of DKK 571m (approximately €76.6m), down 3.4 per cent when compared to May 2023’s DKK 591m.

May’s figure was also a decline in comparison to the DKK 595m reported by the market the previous month.

By game sector, Spillemyndigheden stated that online casino generated 48.69 per cent of the total GGR during the month, followed by betting with 28.82 per cent, gaming machines with 16.85 per cent and land-based casinos with 5.64 per cent.

Online casino GGR rose by 10.35 per cent YoY to DKK 278m (2023: DKK 252m) with gaming machines leading the way with 76.76 per cent of the total GGR for..

This story was first published on Canadian Gaming Business on June 25.

One of the most eagerly awaited speakers at the Canadian Gaming Summit last week was Alberta’s Minister for Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Dale Nally.

Nally has been mandated by Premier Danielle Smith to assess the feasibility of opening up Alberta’s regulated online gaming and betting market to commercial operators. After months of swirling talk about what this review might throw up, Nally confirmed in an address at CGS that the province will pursue an Ontario-style open licensed model. Just like in Ontario, the market will not be regulated by the provincial crown corporation responsible for gaming, in Alberta’s case Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis, but by a separate entity.

Nally spoke with Canadian Gaming Business in a little more depth about the plans for the province, why Alberta should be such an appealing market for operators and why First Nations considerations must be front and centre of all ..

Shelley White has announced that she will be retiring at the end of the year, stepping down from her position as CEO of the Responsible Gambling Council.

Retiring in December, White has served as CEO of the RGC for almost eight years, joining the organisation in February 2017. The council has already begun its recruitment process for a new CEO.

Congratulating White on her upcoming retirement, the RGC stated in a LinkedIn post: “Shelley’s commitment to RGC and the people, organisations and communities we serve globally is unparalleled. We will celebrate Shelley and the remarkable contribution she has made to RGC as her retirement date approaches.”

White published her own LinkedIn post about her upcoming retirement, praising the RGC and their responsible gambling work for giving her a “worthwhile, exciting and fulfilling journey”, while also taking the time to promote the vacant CEO position.

“It has been an honour to serve as CEO of the Responsible Gambling Council,” noted White.

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