Tag: Legislation
Hong Kong legalizes basketball betting in majority vote
12 September 2025 at 8:18am UTC-4
Hong Kong legislators have passed a bill to legalize basketball betting, in an attempt to combat illegal gambling.
The bill was approved 77 to 2, after two abstained from the ...
Mobile Premier League to cut staff by 60% after India bans paid gaming
3 September 2025 at 5:36am UTC-4
Indian online gaming platform Mobile Premier League will terminate around 60% of its employees due to India’s newly introduced ban on paid games, according to Reuters.
Mobile ...
Filipino lawmaker welcomes crackdown on igaming payments
29 August 2025 at 7:43am UTC-4
Juan Miguel Zubiri, the Philippines' Senate Deputy Minority Leader, has welcomed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ move to tighten rules on payment service providers linked to ...
Dream11 warns of financial hit after India bans real money gaming
27 August 2025 at 5:58am UTC-4
Fantasy sports operator Dream11 has said its revenues dropped by 95% overnight after India’s new Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, which bans real money gaming ...
Pakistan names list of illegal apps in online betting and trading crackdown
25 August 2025 at 6:36am UTC-4
Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency has declared 46 mobile applications illegal in a nationwide campaign against gambling and unregulated trading.
The agency ...
Massachusetts bill looks to ban dual-currency sweepstakes
25 August 2025 at 6:13am UTC-4
Massachusetts lawmakers are reviewing another online gambling bill, which could prohibit dual-currency sweepstakes games.
Massachusetts Representative David K. Muradian ...
India law bans nearly all igaming platforms
22 August 2025 at 7:25am UTC-4
India's Parliament has passed a law to ban a large number of igaming platforms, after it was revealed that around 450 million people lost a combined US$2.3 billion to gambling ...
India plans ban on online money games amid fears of addiction
21 August 2025 at 6:56am UTC-4
India’s government is preparing legislation to ban online games played with real money, which could deliver a major setback to an industry that has drawn billions of dollars in ...
Virginia lawmakers continue debate on igaming regulation
21 August 2025 at 6:50am UTC-4
Lawmakers in Virginia have continued to discuss the regulation of online casino gambling in the state, after a proposal introduced last year stalled in January.
Senate Bill 827 ...
Novig pulls out of New Jersey amid sweepstakes legislation
20 August 2025 at 7:44am UTC-4
Sweepstakes-style prediction market Novig has withdrawn from New Jersey, just days after announcing a US$18 million funding round.
The move comes amid a wave of state ...
