We are pleased to announce that ACT Consultus will be having a stand at SiGMA, the Summit of iGaming, which takes place from the 16th to the 19th of November 2016

The Minister of Finance of Ireland, Michael Noonan, had made attempts to enact the Ireland's Betting (Amendment) Bill to introduce a new tax rate for online bookmakers and betting exchanges.

Coronavirus is having a ripple effect on the gambling industry.

After several countries, such as Latvia, Bulgaria and Romania, started blocking unlicenced websites, Lithuania followed in their footsteps.

The effects of Coronavirus on sports betting have taken a big hit with cancellations of national leagues and major sporting events around the world.

The gaming market in Colombia is the first jurisdiction in Latin America to set up a regulated online gambling environment.

As from 1 January 2015, new VAT place of supply rules will come into effect for EU cross-border business of electronically supplied services to non-taxable consumers (B2C).

On Wednesday, February 24th, Romania's Government has finalised and adopted detailed technical and operational regulations for the gambling industry regarding both online and land-based companies.

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are significantly impacting the worlds of entertainment and gaming.

Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vetoed the bill in 2015, and so far, online sports betting operates in a legal grey area.

The latest round of additions to Bulgaria's blacklist of unlicensed gambling sites has added a total of ten domains in the latest update, taking the total number of sites to be blocked in Bulgaria to 323, since the introduction of the blacklist in June last year.

The gambling landscape has changed forever with social distancing becoming the norm. Land casinos across the world have implemented new regulations to limit the spread of the virus.

The nation of Malta has led the way with its blockchain regulations and has encouraged its other major authorities to embrace the technology.

There are two primary reasons behind the governments around the world being rather coy about establishing legally binding regulations for distributed ledger technology and the resulting debate as to the legitimacy of such regulations:

The world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain continues to expand from its humble beginnings to becoming buzzwords by the conclusion of 2017, to now, when more people and businesses understand the new technology, as well as, its range of applications.

Malta has become the European hub of i-Gaming, licensing hundreds of gaming companies and service providers, including some of the largest and most profitable operators in the gaming industry.

On May 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act.

On May 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). This action was taken after the state of New Jersey sued PASPA in the case of Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, claiming that the law infringed the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Sweden has been a grey market in the modern age of online gambling, and yet the nation has spawned some of the biggest names in the industry. As of 1 January 2019, however, Sweden will become a fully regulated market following the aptly named bill ‘A Re-Regulated Gambling Market' being approved by national legislature Riksdag.

On 4 July 2018, Malta officially passed three bills into law which establishes it as one of the first countries to enact a regulatory framework for blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency.