Compliance Updates
UKGC: Regulatory action against Greentube Alderney Limited
An online gambling business must pay £685,000 after a Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and money laundering failures.
Greentube Alderney – which operates admiralcasino.co.uk and bellfruitcasino – will also undergo extensive independent auditing for the failures which occurred between December 2019 and November 2020.
The Commission investigation revealed that the operator failed to:
- interact with customers in a way which minimises the risk of customers experiencing gambling harms
- conduct adequate assessments of the risk of money laundering
- have in place and implement appropriate policies, procedures and controls to prevent money laundering
- to alert the Commission to an event that could have a significant impact on the nature or structure of a licensee’s business
Helen Venn, Commission Executive Director, said: “Compliance with Commission rules aimed at keeping people safe and gambling crime free is not optional. We will always take firm action against those operators who fail to meet the high standards we expect for consumers in Britain.”
A public statement reveals more details of the failings.
Arizona Department of Gaming
Arizona Department of Gaming Announces Allocation for Event Wagering License for Fanatics
The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) announced that it has allocated an event wagering operator license to Fanatics Betting and Gaming as the designee for Tonto Apache Sports Betting, an organization of the Tonto Apache Tribe, pursuant to A.R.S. § 5-1304 and A.A.C. R19-4-105 and 106.
On January 16, 2024, ADG announced that it would begin accepting applications for available event wagering licenses, which included one event wagering license reserved for Arizona Tribes and no less than one event wagering license reserved for Arizona Sports Franchises, as defined in A.R.S. § 5-1301(7).
The application window for event wagering licenses opened on February 16, 2024, and closed on March 4, 2024. Applicants were required to submit their completed applications within this timeframe in order to have been considered for an event wagering license.
Compliance Updates
Minnesota Senate Committee Advances Sports Betting Bill
The Senate Tax Committee advanced legislation authored by Senator Matt Klein (DFL – Mendota Heights) to legalize Sports Betting in Minnesota. This was the second time the bill has been heard in Taxes, after making a stop last year. The hearing focused on changes to tax rates and revenue disbursements.
Senator Aric Putnam (DFL – St. Cloud) offered an amendment that made several major tax and revenue related changes, which were adopted by voice vote. The tax rate was changed to 20% on net revenues from sports betting. Revenues as a result of that change would then be dispersed to:
(1) 20% for tax relief for charitable gaming organizations,
(2) 10% for treatment and awareness programs for problem wagering,
(3) 15% for Explore Minnesota Tourism for large sporting events,
(4) 5% to the Minnesota Racing Commission for racetracks,
(5) 5% for the Minnesota State High School League for youth sports and activities,
(6) and the remainder to the general fund.
Senator Klein said: “The changes made in Senate Taxes Committee today have made this a better bill for Minnesotans. I am thankful for the committee’s thoughtful consideration of this legislation and willingness to work toward the best balance of needs and interests.
“As a result of this work, we are now able to support our allied charities who engage in gaming so they can continue the good work they do for our state. We are also able invest in the state high school league’s ability to foster participation in a wider array of activities, attract more large sporting events to Minnesota, and continue to focus efforts on problem wagering awareness.”
SF1949 passed the Senate Taxes Committee as amended and was referred to the Senate Finance Committee.
ADG
Arizona Department of Gaming Announces Allocation for Event Wagering License
The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) announced today that it has allocated an event wagering operator license to Fanatics Betting and Gaming as the designee for Tonto Apache Sports Betting, an organization of the Tonto Apache Tribe, pursuant to A.R.S. § 5-1304 and A.A.C. R19-4-105 and 106.
On January 16, 2024, ADG announced that it would begin accepting applications for available event wagering licenses, which included one event wagering license reserved for Arizona Tribes and no less than one event wagering license reserved for Arizona Sports Franchises, as defined in A.R.S. § 5-1301(7).
The application window for event wagering licenses opened on February 16, 2024, and closed on March 4, 2024. Applicants were required to submit their completed applications within this timeframe in order to have been considered for an event wagering license.
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