Tag Archives: Online gambling
Chile – Online gambling bill advancing in Chamber of Deputies
The Economy Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, which has been tasked with analysing the project to establish a regulatory framework for the online gambling sector, has approved 15 articles of the government backed bill. The approved provisions aim to comply “in a better way with the objectives of safeguarding public faith with high technical and oversight…
Brazil – Lawmaker says that gaming bill should be approved before the end of the year
Bill 442/91, which was passed in the lower house and is now in the senate, could be passed after the Presidential elections. The information was confirmed to local newspaper Bahia NotÃcias by Deputy João Carlos Bacelar Batista. Bacelar is a member of the Mixed Parliamentary Front for the Approval of the Regulatory Framework for Games…
Chile – Chilean Association of Gaming Casinos calls on government to regulate online gambling
Cecilia Valdés Vial, Executive President of The Chilean Association of Gaming Casinos (ACCJ) called on the authorities to legislate the online gaming sector in Chile as soon as possible. In a letter published by the newspaper La Tercera, Valdés warned that “there are almost a thousand web gambling and betting platforms that operate completely outside…
Bolivia – Crackdown on illegal gambling
The Bolivian Gaming Control Authority (AJ) has announced that it has carried out a number of raids since the beginning of the year in order to clampdown on illegal gambling. In all the AJ said that it had seized 522 slot machines that were operating without permission and would proceed to destroy them. Slots in…
Chile – Supreme Court rejects lottery attempt to block online gambling
The Supreme Court of Chile confirmed a resolution issued by the Court of Appeals of Santiago thereby rejecting an appeal filed by lottery operator Polla Chilena de Beneficencia which would have obliged internet providers block access to 23 sports betting websites. In its appeal, La Polla Chilena stated that it had sent a letter to…
Brazil – Online gambling blocking payment bill under review
A bill that would that would ban online payments to unauthorized betting and lottery sites based abroad is under review in the chamber of deputies. Deputy Pastor Gil (Gildenemir de Lima Sousa) presented bill PL1823/2022 in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in July. Under the proposal, Brazil’s central bank would have to establish rules to determine…
South Africa – National Gambling Board warns operators offering online gambling
The National Gambling Board (NGB) has released a statement concerning the issue of the legality of online or interactive gambling stating that it wishes to make ’emphatically clear that the answer to whether online or interactive gambling is legal in South Africa, is a simple and unequivocal NO with the exception of online sports betting.’ ‘Section…
Japan: Online Gambling
Gambling is generally prohibited in Japan unless special dispensation has been granted under law. The Penal Code applies to both land-based gambling and online gambling but there is no statute that specifically regulates online gambling. While there is some discussion about whether or not online gambling is illegal, strictly speaking gambling citizens placing bets via…
Cambodia – Authorities confirm 91 casinos have shut following ban
Following an industry wide ban on online and arcade gambling operations, 91 casinos have been shut down according to Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance. A joint committee comprising ministry officials and police have been inspecting the nation’s casinos since the ban was installed at the beginning of January. Ros Phearun, Deputy Director-General of the Ministry…
