Study Shines Light on Illegal Gambling
A PwC Study commissioned by the Autorité Nationale des Jeux has identified 510 illegal websites that generate traffic on French soil.
Te study estimates that the gross gaming revenue generated by illegal supply is between €748m and €1.5bn, between five and 11 per cent of the global gambling market.
FRANCE RESPONSIBLE GAMING
GEORGIA - The new Casino Maximus is set to open in Batumi at the Colosseum Marina Hotel on the picturesque Black Sea beachfront. The complex will be one of the largest in the city and will include a casino with slot machines and tables for roulette, poker, blackjack and baccarat, a separate room for club poker, VIP rooms, and a restaurant.
The hotel is located on the first line and offers spacious rooms with sea views, a spa centre, indoor and outdoor
pools.Casino Maximus will offer a wide range of classic table games, including roulette, blackjack, various types of poker, and an extensive selection of modern slot machines, including electronic roulette, and a separate room for club poker, VIP rooms, and a restaurant.
The hotel offers spacious rooms with sea views, a spa centre, indoor and outdoor pools, on the western coast of Batumi, the luxurious five-star Colosseum Marina Hotel boasts a prime seaside location with a beautiful beach area and a highly developed modern infrastructure.
The hotel’s impressive 10-storey building features 101 comfortable guest rooms. With its unique architecture and exquisite design, every room offers impressive views of the sea.
UK – Entain has announced a series of appointments with immediate effect further to the announcement that Stella David has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer.
Pierre Bouchut become Senior Independent Director Virginia McDowell is appointed as Chair of the Remuneration Committee, Barry Gibson is appointed as Chair of the People and Governance Committee whilst Rahul Welde has been appointed as a member of the People and Governance Committee. Barry Gibson said: “ I am delighted that Pierre has agreed to take on the role of Senior Independent Director to replace Stella.”
BELGIUM – Gaming1 has retained the licences to run Davos Casino and Crans-Montana Casino from the Swiss Federal Council for the period 2025- 2044. In Crans-Montana, as reported by Journal des Casinos, Gaming1 plans to modernise and expand the casino by adding a sports bar, seminar rooms, a new restaurant area and reception rooms. The group also hopes to obtain an online license in order to provide its technical expertise and offer Swiss players a immersive multi-channel experience. In Davos, Gaming1 intends to move its casino to a nearby building in order to expand it and broaden its offering. A new sports bar should also be created within this space.
P16 WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS
To fight more effectively against the offer of illegal online gambling, the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) commissioned PwC to conduct a study on the supply available in France and consumer habits. Tis study estimates that the gross gaming revenue (GGR) generated by illegal supply is between €748m and €1.5bn, between five and 11 per cent of the global gambling market. Te importance and risks associated with this illegal offer justify that it be combated even more vigorously, through actions complementary to those already carried out by the ANJ.
50 per cent of the internet traffic of the illegal offer of online gambling is said to be generated by online casino games (such as roulette, dice games, craps, blackjack and baccarat) and slot machines. Te study, conducted from January to March 2023, identified 510 illegal websites that generate traffic on French soil. 21 of them alone would supply 60 per cent of the traffic of the illegal gambling offer.
50 per cent of the illegal offer websites whose operator could be identified are said to belong to companies registered in Curaçao. 79 per cent of the GGR generated by the market for the illegal supply of online gambling comes from gamblers with a risky gambling practice. Around three million people are estimated to have consumed illegal supply at least once a month in 2023.
One in two consumers of an illegal offer say they are unaware of the illegal nature of the offer they are playing. Consumers of illegal offers are in favour of non-slot online casino games (54 per cent). Te main motivations of consumers of illegal offers to play on these unauthorised gambling sites are: the absence of stake limits or identity verification, the expectation of larger winnings as well as a greater richness of the game offer offered.
Consumers of illegal offers mainly indicate that they have become aware of these sites through online searches on search engines (19 per cent), online advertising (18 per cent) and social networks (18 per cent). 35 per cent of consumers of illegal offers would use a VPN to play on it.
Te ANJ intends to quickly carry out various actions, namely to carry out targeted reports to the judicial authority so that criminal proceedings can be initiated against the persons who, registered in Curaçao or Cyprus, operate these sites which currently act with impunity and whom the ANJ itself cannot sanction. It will initiate warning actions against illegal gaming software publishers and companies that provide hosting solutions to illegal sites, act with payment service providers that make it possible for illegal operators and players to flow financially, as well as strengthen public information on the dangers of illegal supply.
Te Netherlands Dutch Authority KSA enhances AML guidelines
Te Dutch Gaming Authority KSA has amended its AML guidelines. Te last changes to the guidelines dated from the entry into force of Koa on 1 April 2021. A new version has now been drawn up as a result of research, signals from consumers and suggestions or questions from licence holders.
Te Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act applies to both online and land-based gambling providers. According to the AML, gambling providers must, among other things, monitor the transactions of their customers and report unusual transactions to the Dutch Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
In the document, the Ksa provides
gambling providers with tools to comply with the obligations arising from the Wwft. Te amended version of the Wwft guideline includes a step-by-step plan for investigating a player's source of funds.
For the final adoption of the guideline, the Ksa submitted the guideline to and received responses from various stakeholders, including other regulators such as DNB, the Dutch FIU, law firms, providers and industry associations. One thing that emerged was that the research obligations in the context of the prevention of gambling addiction and AML client due diligence were sometimes too intertwined, which caused confusion.
Romania
Soft2Bet has launched its latest B2C brand
Don.ro in Romania. Te new site is powered by Soft2Bet’s online casino and sportsbook platform and will benefit from Soft2Bet’s Motivational Engineering Gaming Application (MEGA), the group’s unique gamification technology that drives engagement, volumes, and revenues.
Te launch represents the group’s first foray into the Romanian market, setting a new benchmark for online gaming in the region.
Don.ro will provide unique online sports betting and gaming products to Romanian players and is operated by Balkanix Limited and its proprietary platform licensed by ONJN.
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