Play'n GO has joined the Deutscher Online Casinoverband (DOCV), the German Online Casino Association, marking a new step in its engagement with policymakers, regulators and industry stakeholders in Germany's regulated online gambling sector. The company announced the membership on 30 September 2026 and said the move will support its participation in discussions around the future of the German market....
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Industry Organisations
September 29, 2026
Jdigital raises concerns as Spain advances wider gambling reform measures
Spain’s regulated gambling market is entering a significant period of regulatory change as the government and the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) move forward with measures affecting...
Products & Technology
September 24, 2026
Digitain introduces We Know the Player concept for player-focused iGaming
Digitain has introduced “We Know the Player”, a new positioning concept that places player understanding at the centre of how the company describes its technology, products and operator solutions. The...
People & Appointments
September 22, 2026
MERKUR Casino UK appoints Dan Whitlam to strengthen compliance leadership
MERKUR Casino UK is set to appoint Dan Whitlam as Head of Compliance from 28 September 2026. He will report to Chief Financial Officer Egemen Coskun and will take responsibility...
Investigations & Analysis
September 15, 2026
GGL court defeats expose weaknesses in German gambling enforcement
Dr Nik Sarafi has turned a series of gambling disputes into a much broader test of the GGL’s legal discipline. His record is not undefeated and the latest decisions are...
Gambling Law & Taxation
September 11, 2026
Germany intensifies enforcement against illegal online gambling operators
German authorities have escalated enforcement against suspected illegal online gambling following coordinated searches across 11 premises in the Frankfurt and Rhine-Main area. The operation, which involved more than 100 officers,...
Licences
September 9, 2026
Blurify updates Openora with new iGaming licenses compliance checklist
Blurify has updated its Openora AI-native casino framework with a new licensing checklist designed to give operators a clearer view of how the technology can be configured for regulatory requirements...
Responsible Gambling
September 8, 2026
Kongebonus launches complaints centre for Norway’s online casino players
Kongebonus has launched a new public-facing complaints centre designed to give Norwegian online casino players a more structured way to raise issues and follow the progress of cases. The platform...
Gambling Law & Taxation
September 3, 2026
Mexico online gambling market grows as lawmakers debate regulatory reforms
Mexico’s online gambling market is expanding at a time when policymakers are considering how the country’s regulatory framework should respond to changing consumer behaviour, digital payments and the growing reach...
Responsible Gambling
September 3, 2026
Mindway AI partners with Gaming1 to advance responsible gambling in NL
Mindway AI has entered a strategic partnership with Gaming1 focused on strengthening responsible gambling and player protection in the Netherlands. The collaboration brings Mindway AI’s GameScanner technology to Circus.nl, where...
Investigations & Analysis
September 3, 2026
German gambling safeguards face test over cash-funded betting wallets
Professor Bernd Grzeszick's defence of SCHUFA G is stronger than the slogan normally used to attack it. He does not treat a credit score as a payslip or a live...
Investigations & Analysis
September 1, 2026
Tipwin wallet raises questions over Germany’s LUGAS betting limits
A test dossier received at Malta Media presents a €50 provider-wide LUGAS limit and a €1,000 cash deposit at a Tipwin shop before mobile bets at Tipwin and Neobet. The...
People & Appointments
August 28, 2026
EGBA appoints Pierre Tournier as interim Secretary General from September
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has appointed Pierre Tournier as interim Secretary General, effective 1 September 2026, following Maarten Haijer’s decision to step down after nearly two decades...
Gambling Authorities
August 26, 2026
PAGCOR to launch app to help players verify licensed online gaming sites
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is preparing to introduce a new application designed to help online gaming players identify platforms that are licensed and regulated in the Philippines....
Gambling Authorities
August 26, 2026
PlayCity advances software to limit gambling access for military personnel
Ukraine's gambling regulator PlayCity has opened a tender for software intended to automate restrictions on gambling access for military personnel. The initiative forms part of a wider regulatory effort to...
Compliance & AML
August 24, 2026
AskGamblers reaches a new record in player recoveries for Q2 2026
AskGamblers delivered its strongest quarterly performance to date in the second quarter of 2026, reporting nearly $3.4 million recovered for players through its Casino Complaint Service. The result marks a...
Investigations & Analysis
August 24, 2026
Has the GGL regulated itself into a legal trap?
There are regulatory defeats, and then there are decisions that make you wonder whether the regulator has spent years sawing through the branch it was sitting on. The two interim...
Investigations & Analysis
August 20, 2026
Betanna, Tipwin and the questions the GGL has avoided
There is a point where regulatory silence stops looking cautious and starts looking evasive. The Tipwin, Betanna and Betanna90 material has reached that point. We now have account-continuity tests, German-access...
Gambling Authorities
August 19, 2026
KSA launches open-source model to assess risky online gambling
The Netherlands Gambling Authority, known as the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has highlighted a new open-source machine-learning model developed by researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) to help assess risky gambling...
Product Launches
August 17, 2026
Broadway Platform introduces BroadGuard for advanced player risk management
Broadway Platform has expanded its iGaming technology ecosystem with BroadGuard, a risk management solution designed to give operators greater visibility into player activity and potential risk indicators in real time....
Gambling Authorities
August 14, 2026
PlayCity strengthens Ukraine’s real-time gambling monitoring framework
Ukraine’s PlayCity is advancing the digital transformation of gambling regulation through the State Online Monitoring System, known as SOMS. The platform is intended to provide continuous visibility into licensed gambling...
Responsible Gambling
August 12, 2026
GamScore and Mindway AI partner on safer gambling
GamScore and Mindway AI have formed a partnership combining consumer betting-health tools with behavioural risk-detection technology.
Events & Conferences
August 11, 2026
SBC Summit’s Player Experience Academy Explores Engagement and Its Limits
SBC Summit will put player experience under the microscope this September, as its Academy brings together the operators, product leaders and regulators shaping how engagement is designed, and where its...
Legal Analysis
July 29, 2026
NRW Online Casino Reform Changes Rules for Shared Live Studios
North Rhine-Westphalia has changed the architecture of its regulated online casino market. Licensed concessionaires may now use shared live-casino studios operated by specialist service providers, while the concessionaire formally retains...
Investigations & Analysis
July 27, 2026
GGL collected player data for years. Why wait until 2027?
Germany’s gambling authority has built a system capable of following the regulated online activity of millions of registered players. It has required licensed operators to connect their systems, transmit information...
Responsible Gambling
July 23, 2026
Svenska Spel defends safer gambling commitment amid revenue growth debate
Sweden's state-owned gambling operator Svenska Spel has defended its commitment to safer gambling after facing public criticism over whether its recent commercial success is being prioritised ahead of player protection....
Investigations
July 23, 2026
Evolution fined £4.75m as illegal operators remain anonymous
The UK Gambling Commission has finally published its settlement with Evolution after genuine Evolution games were found on six unlicensed websites operated by two companies. The Commission says these websites...