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The status of online gaming in the Philippines is once again under the microscope as PAGCOR vowed greater regulation in the face of prohibition calls. The regulator’s Chair and CEO, …

Six operators have been hit with enforcement actions for breaching self-exclusion compliance rules in Australia. The investigations conducted by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) affect operators Tabcorp, LightningBet, …

Authorities in Macau have thwarted a counterfeit chip scheme that defrauded gamblers of tens of thousands of dollars. According to local media, four arrests were made in total by the …

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s demand for a complete ban on illegal gambling has prompted Turkey to undertake a major overhaul of its penal code, with sweeping changes set to take …

The latest corruption allegations couldn’t have come at a worse time for PAGCOR’s leader, Alejandro Tengco, as the organisation seeks to steady the Philippines’ regulatory ship heading into 2026. Accusations …

New Zealand’s Online Casino Gambling Bill has edged closer to its completion with the legislation passing through the government’s Select Committee. The Governance and Administration Committee took into account more …

New research reveals large language models can exhibit human-like gambling addiction behaviours and shows they even possess internal “risk circuits” that can drive them toward bankruptcy. A new study from …

The countdown has officially begun for New Zealand’s online casino market, as a date has been set for when the country plans to launch its online casino licences. New Zealand …

Sri Lanka sits on the cusp of a new regulatory framework that is likely to usher in widespread changes for the country’s gambling sector. The country’s government confirmed that the …

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has stated that self-exclusion leads to improvement in quality of life, but it remains to be seen whether the figures carry the needed …