Malta Gaming Authority consults on potential AI charter
The MGA will launch a targeted consultation on a proposed AI gaming charter.
The MGA will launch a targeted consultation on a proposed AI gaming charter.
This comes as an unsurprising development, as smaller companies are increasingly squeezed out of markets where larger, well-capitalised groups are also present.
The refresh separates the group’s corporate brand from its consumer-facing LeoVegas brand, reflecting increased scale and operational complexity while also aligning the group more closely with its owner MGM.
The Norwegian Culture and Equality Minister Lubna Jaffery has rejected proposals to automatically classify all Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto content, media production and distribution agreements as gambling advertising.
New research reveals the UK's illegal gambling market has tripled in six years, prompting renewed debate about the balance between consumer protection and regulatory pressure.
The regulator’s April report highlights stepped-up enforcement, including UAH 946m ($21.6m) in fines, the blocking of 42 social media pages promoting illegal gambling and the identification of nearly 300 illegal sites.
Sandro Tonali will pay a €78,000 fine ($91,800), while Nicolò Fagioli has received a one-month suspended prison sentence.
The Observatory on Illegal Online Gambling estimates that illegal online gambling in Italy generates around €20bn ($23.5bn) annually, with 4.5 million users and more than 13 million recorded accesses in Q1 2026.
The intervention comes as Italy reviews how responsible gambling messages can operate under its wider advertising ban.
The question asks whether the $22m shirt deal could amount to indirect promotion of an unlicensed prediction market platform.