Regulation Insight
Key Takeaways
  • The Australian Government is aiming to clamp down on illegal offshore gambling with a plan to strengthen the Interactive Gambling Act and empower the Australian Communications and Media Authority to prohibit unlicensed igaming.
  • The Lithuanian gambling authority sent around a press release last Thursday to the igaming industry asserting that one of the leading online gambling operators systematically violates the legal acts of the country—in this case, it was Unibet taking the heat.
  • The gambling commission on the Isle of Man has proposed tweaking its regulation to make it easier for licensees to accept Bitcoin payments.

Australia

The Australian Government is aiming to clamp down on illegal offshore gambling with a plan to strengthen the Interactive Gambling Act and empower the Australian Communications and Media Authority to prohibit unlicensed igaming.