Steve Hoare

The Senate of Argentina has resumed negotiations to complete the federal bill designed to strengthen protections against problem gambling and introduce tighter controls on advertising and youth protections. The initiative, which secured …

UK Gambling maintains a statistically stable rate of severe problem gambling amongst adults, indexed at 2.7%, undertaken by research in 2024. The figure forms part of Year 2 of the …

The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) has highlighted some of its biggest achievements under its historical first mandate. In the pursuit of a gambling regulatory system on par with …

Children’s digital safety is gradually becoming a top concern for many European countries, with Romania being the latest to consider stringent controls. Similarly to France, where regulations to limit under-15s …

The betting regulator in Brazil, the Secretariat of Prizes and Bets of the Ministry of Finance (SPA), is taking further measures to ensure acceptance of the two most widely claimed …

The European Gaming & Betting Association has welcomed the approval of a draft European standard on markets of harm in the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN). An overwhelming majority of …

Scientists, researchers, policymakers, regulators, charities and industry stakeholders came together in New York last week to discuss the next steps in the Better Gambling Forum’s efforts to create a global …

With Brazil’s new legal framework enforced this year, the country is poised to become one of the world’s largest gaming markets. Player protection has become a top priority, leading to …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has shed more light on its latest black market report, acknowledging the challenges but remaining firm in its commitment to counteract illegal operators. Tim Livesley, …

DGOJ, the Directorate General of Gambling in Spain, has revealed further plans for player protections and centralised monitoring controls to be applied to the digital environments of Spanish online gambling …