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8 Jun 2025

On 23 April last, in a commune in the Côtes-d’Armor region of Brittany, an occasional couple saw their lives turned upside down. That evening, they each filled in a Loto grid. Nothing out of the ordinary on the surface. And yet luck struck twice, with mathematically improbable precision.

Sensation

Austria loses millions to foreign online casinos

Julien D.

7 Jun 2025

In Austria, the gambling landscape is dominated by a state monopoly: win2day, operated by Österreichische Lotterien. However, the digital boom has enabled many foreign operators, often based in Malta or Curaçao, to offer their services to Austrian players without legal authorisation.

Legislation

Stake: a Japanese affiliate locked up

Caroline B.

7 Jun 2025

On 30 May 2025, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Makoto Chomabayashi, a 38-year-old man from Iwaki in Fukushima prefecture. He is suspected of betting around 28 billion yen (around €172 million) on the online gambling site Stake between August 2022 and April 2024. The authorities claim that he mainly played baccarat. Chomabayashi has admitted the facts.

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Cybercrime in Turkey: $127 Million seized. What happened?

Sarah C.

7 Jun 2025

A large-scale police operation in Turkey has dismantled a sprawling criminal network involved in illegal betting, online fraud, and child pornography. The raids, carried out across 52 provinces, led to the seizure of $127 million in assets and the arrest of 145 individuals.

Sensation

Betsson pulls out: Why the operator is giving up on Holland Gaming

Glen L.

While the deal between Betsson AB and Holland Gaming Technology looked set to close in February 2024, the Swedish group surprised the iGaming industry by announcing in early June that it was cancelling the planned acquisition outright. The deal, worth a total of €27.5 million, included Holland Gaming Technology Ltd and its in-house studio Holland Power Gaming BV.

Economy

Kansspelautoriteit: Extension of online license cannot be taken for granted

Nathalie Maes

The Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) warns gambling companies that they should not simply assume that their online license will be extended when the term has expired.

Legislation

GC study: legal gambling sites are more often recognised

A year after the entry into force of strict restrictions on gambling advertising and a few months after the minimum age for participation was raised to 21, the Gaming Commission (GC) is sharing the results of a new study carried out by DataSynergy on gambling behaviour, similar to the one carried out in 2023.

Gaming Commission

Mindway AI applauds KSA’s AI rules

Sarah C.

In May 2025, the Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) published new guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots in the online gambling industry. The guidelines state that AI can be used to support responsible gambling practices, but should not replace human staff in this crucial area.

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New study! Gambling companies find clever loopholes in Belgian law at EURO 2024

Ron Emmerink

During the 2024 European Championship, Belgian viewers saw gambling-related communications remarkably often. More than half remembered sponsored messages on social media, even though these have been banned in Belgium since July 2023.

Sensation

Trustpilot promotes illegal casinos and no one intervenes?

Julien D.

In recent months, consumers have reported illegal online casinos to Trustpilot on several occasions. So say complaints coming forward from consumers via social media. Trustpilot is an independent online rating […]

Sensation

Should casino losses be limited?

Limiting gambling losses is an idea that is increasingly being advocated in European countries. But what exactly are we talking about?

Legislation

Suspicious cash flows? This is how the gambling industry tackles them

Ron Emmerink

The fight against match-fixing is very similar to the way we fight money laundering. Money laundering is all about finding suspicious money flows. You can apply the same thinking to suspicious betting.

Sensation

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