Author: Steve Tyler

Dutch Consumer Groups Challenge Gambling Sites Over Risky Player Conditions Summary Dutch consumer organisations Consumentenbond and Stichting Consumenten Competition Claims are pressing licensed online gambling operators over practices they say encourage unsafe play. Investigations across platforms including Bet365, BetCity, Holland Casino Online, Jacks, Unibet and TOTO reportedly found unclear game and bonus terms, default settings […]

Preliminary Deal Discussions Surface Ahead of Key Hearings in NBA Cases Summary Federal prosecutors filed papers in Brooklyn showing that early, informal talks about potential plea deals have begun between the government and some defence attorneys in two linked gambling investigations involving current and former NBA figures. The cases — one probing alleged rigging of […]

Crown Melbourne Fined $100K After Excluded Gambler Breach Summary Crown Melbourne has been fined $100,000 after an individual who was excluded from the venue managed to gamble uninterrupted for 14 hours and 40 minutes. The person had been barred in August last year for welfare concerns, yet two months later they remained undetected on the […]

The European Casino Association releases a Yield Sec report on illegal online gambling, uncovering annual loss of €20 billion of EU tax money Summary A study commissioned by the European Casino Association (ECA) and conducted by Yield Sec finds that illegal online gambling dominated the EU market in 2024. The illegal sector made an estimated […]

TCSJOHNHUXLEY Acquires GPI Dice Business, Becomes Global Dice Industry Leader Summary TCS JOHNHUXLEY has acquired the dice manufacturing business from Gaming Partners International (GPI). The deal immediately adds GPI’s TK and Paulson dice brands to TCS JOHNHUXLEY’s portfolio, expanding production capacity and consolidating the company’s position as the global leader in casino dice manufacturing. Operations […]

Graney: This could be the worst Raiders team ever Summary Ed Graney lays out a blunt assessment of the 2025 Las Vegas Raiders, arguing this edition belongs on the list of the franchise’s most inept. The column centres on the Raiders’ recent 24-10 defeat to the Cleveland Browns, a string of poor performances (including a […]