Ken Howell's Online Licence Suspended
Ken Howell's is a bookmaker with one betting shop, on Wind Street in Ammanford, a town in south-west Wales. It started taking bets over the internet i...
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Germany's Gambling Regulator Turns Five
Germany set up one regulator for online gambling five years ago, working for all 16 of its states. On 22 September that regulator, the GGL, published...
Young Swedes, Loot Boxes and Risky Gambling
Sweden's gambling regulator asked 1,939 people aged 18 to 29 about their gambling. Almost half of those who had gambled in the past year showed at lea...
Sweden Fines Coolbet's Operator Over an Unreported Change
Sweden's gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, has fined Polar Limited SEK 50,000. The Malta-based company runs coolbet.com for Swedish players. In Ma...
Pennsylvania's Online Slots Close In on the Casino Floor
In August, people in Pennsylvania, the US state, lost $195.2m on slot machines played online. That was almost 9% more than a year earlier. On the stat...
Premier League's Unlicensed Betting Sponsors Face a 2027 Ban
A betting firm that Britain has not licensed can still buy space at an English football ground: a sleeve badge, a training top, a board behind the goa...
Belgium's Newsagents Can Take Bets Again
In Belgium you can place a sports bet at the corner newsagent, the shop that sells newspapers and cigarettes. For almost eight months this year no new...
Britain's Online Slots Now Take Twice What Betting Shops Do
In the year to March 2026, people in Britain lost £4.8bn on online slots. That is almost twice the £2.4bn they lost in all of the country's betting sh...
Netherlands Renews 8 of Its First 10 Online Licences
The Netherlands made online gambling legal in October 2021, and ten companies got the first licences. Those licences run out at the end of this month....
