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Sep 11, 2026
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Jul 10, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Michael Wong

    Two more plead guilty in UK election betting case (opens the original)

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    On Thursday, the UK Gambling Commission reported that two senior figures formerly associated with the Conservative Party had pleaded guilty to offences linked to betting on the 2024 General Election date. Anthony Lee, who served as the Conservative Party’s director of campaigning, pleaded guilty to two counts of cheating under sections 42(1)(a) and 42(1)(b) of the Gambling Act 2005. Meanwhile, Laura Lee (formerly Saunders), his wife and former head of international for the party, who also stood

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Michael Wong

    FATF publishes new risk indicators for gaming and gambling sectors (opens the original)

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    The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a report setting out red-flag risk indicators across the gaming and gambling sector. The indicators cover money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. FATF released the report – Risks of Gaming and Gambling – on Wednesday. It updates the body’s 2009 analysis of the casino sector. In addition, it draws on questionnaire responses from 80 jurisdictions and written comments from a further 29, alongside industry consultation.

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Michael Wong

    German law enforcement raids suspected €5.8bn illegal online gambling ring (opens the original)

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    German authorities have conducted a major crackdown on an alleged illegal online gambling operation suspected of facilitating wagers totalling approximately €5.86 billion over a 30-month period. According to the German Press Agency, the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office, together with the Frankfurt tax investigation unit, the State Office for the Combat of Financial Crime in North Rhine-Westphalia and Frankfurt police, executed coordinated searches across 11 premises on Tuesday. Over 100 offi

  4. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Michael Wong

    Allwyn boosts responsible gaming leadership with Playtech veteran (opens the original)

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    Allwyn has announced the appointment of former Playtech executive Francesco Rodano as its new group head of responsible gaming. Rodano spent almost ten years spearheading policy at Playtech as the supplier’s chief policy officer. Then between January last year and August 2026, he led its global player-protection efforts as chief sustainable gambling officer. During his tenure, Rodano was instrumental in deploying an AI-powered behavioural analytics platform, BetBuddy, which is designed to identi

  5. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Michael Wong

    Playtech highlights Evolution compliance failures as Spectrum Gaming report is released (opens the original)

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    A report commissioned by Evolution as part of its ongoing defamation case again Playtech and Black Cube has reportedly “corroborated” various points made by Black Cube in its investigation. Within the report, Spectrum alleges “concerns around the availability of Evolution’s games in certain prohibited markets, the regulatory implications of its practices, and the lack of proactive monitoring of its customers”, Playtech has reported. The report was commissioned by Evolution and was recently unsea

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