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Lukas WeberLicensing9 Nov 2026Curaçao court rejects lawsuit over criticism of online gambling licensingA Curaçao court dismissed claims by Mario Fiorini, Phaedra Hanst and IGA Trust against researcher Luigi Faneyte over publications questioning online gambling licensing. The ruling did not establish that corruption or fraud occurred.Read the story Marta KowalskaLicensing5 Nov 2026Nevis opens separate prediction market licensing at €18,000 a yearNevis has opened a dedicated licensing route for prediction market operators and technology suppliers. The €18,000 annual renewal fee comes with a matching setup cost and no automatic access to overseas customers.Read the story Nailya KamaletdinovaLicensing4 Nov 2026Bally’s says A$260 million Star casino fine will not make the operator insolventBally’s backed The Star Entertainment after an Australian court imposed a A$260 million AML penalty. The four-instalment schedule triggered a review under Star’s WhiteHawk credit facility.Read the story Sofia MarinLicensing3 Nov 2026Malta Gaming Authority flags upgaming.com over false licence referencesThe MGA says it has no connection with upgaming.com and that licence references on the site are false and misleading. The domain was first listed on 7 October and was repeated in the regulator’s 30 October warning covering six URLs.Read the story Oleg GorlachovLicensing3 Nov 2026Sweden bans Duel after a promised IP block was not in placeSpelinspektionen banned Immortal Snail LLC from offering Duel in Sweden without a local licence. On 28 October the regulator found the promised IP block missing, with Swedish and SEK still available from a Swedish IP address.Read the story Marta KowalskaLicensing2 Nov 2026Chile’s online gambling bill splits the Senate between licensing and a banChile’s government wants five-year licences for private online betting operators, but senators have filed competing amendments that would shut them out. None of the October proposals is law yet, while DNS blocking of unauthorised sites is already under way.Read the story Daniel MoreauLicensing2 Nov 2026Utah AG Derek Brown’s campaign received at least $80,000 from gambling interestsCampaign disclosures reviewed by KSL and The Salt Lake Tribune show Derek Brown’s campaign received at least $80,000 from gambling and betting interests in 2025 and 2026, the same week his office filed criminal charges against Kalshi and its co-founders.Read the story Sofia MarinLicensing29 Oct 2026Ecuador plans Palantir AI monitoring for sports betting money flows from 2027Ecuador’s financial intelligence unit plans to start using a Palantir data-analysis platform in January 2027 to identify suspicious money-laundering patterns linked to sports betting. The rollout will sit on top of new reporting and traceability duties already imposed on operators.Read the story Oleg GorlachovLicensing28 Oct 2026Tether.bet licence relied on property document contradicted by UK records, investigation findsAn investigation by Democracy for Sale and The Times found that financial evidence used in Tether.bet’s Curaçao licensing process included a £3.75 million London property document that conflicts with Land Registry records. The site had already closed in August 2026.Read the story Nailya KamaletdinovaLicensing27 Oct 2026Finland approves 12 gambling licences, but they cannot take effect before July 2027Finland has approved 12 gambling licences from 79 applications, with no rejections reported. But approval now is not permission to offer licensed Finnish gambling before 1 July 2027.Read the story Klena KalchenkoLicensing5 Oct 2026Condor Malta suspension: players must retain access to account informationThe MGA says Condor Malta Limited must preserve account access for visibility after its authorisation was suspended. Viewing a balance and receiving a payment remain separate questions.Read the story Daniel MoreauLicensing5 Oct 2026Ken Howells licence suspended: the notice does not block withdrawalsThe Gambling Commission suspended Targetlocal’s remote licence on 21 September. Its notice expressly separates the suspension from customer access to accounts and withdrawal of funds.Read the story

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A news story names a casino I play at. Is my money at risk?

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