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By Darcy Lancelot

West Virginia Lottery Commission Approves Emergency iGaming Rules

May 11, 2020

The proposed introduction of online casino gaming in West Virginia smoothly made its way through the state’s legislature in 2019 giving the state’s residents hopes of having a fully operational iGaming industry in either late 2020 or early 2021. This rather long wait was primarily due to the laxity that the West Virginia Lottery Commission […]

By Francesco Marconi

PGCB Addresses Issues with Self-Exclusion Scheme

December 2, 2019

As it stands, the state of Pennsylvania has about 15,000 known or registered problem gamblers who have registered on the state’s voluntary self-exclusion program. The program has been designed with some rather foolproof rules that have so far proven to be quite effective. However, a few concerns have been raised with regard to unambiguity in […]

By Spencer Harwood

UK Gambling Commission Enforces New Online Gaming Rules

May 8, 2019

The gambling industry in the United Kingdom has been subject to several changes over the past couple of years, some good and others bad. Some of the most prominent changes have been geared towards ensuring responsibility especially on the part of the gaming operators. To that effect, the gambling commission on Tuesday, May 7 began […]

By Tamara Morton

UK Operators Could Be Forced to Fund Self-Exclusion Tools

February 16, 2019

The United Gambling Commission might have already made several changes to the gaming landscape in the country but there seem to be a lot more to be done if everything is going to turn out as expected. In the same spirit of wanting to ensure that consumer welfare is taken seriously in the online gambling […]

By Darcy Lancelot

UKGC Unveils New Online Gambling Rules and Regulations

February 10, 2019

In a bid to make online gambling in the United Kingdom safer, the UK Gambling Commission on Thursday, February 7announced a new set of rules and regulations most of which are meant to safeguard against underage gambling and significantly reduce the misinterpretation or manipulation of gaming guidelines by both operators and consumers. The new rules […]