Eindhoven municipality has ordered café Kolbasti to close for two weeks after municipal inspectors discovered illegal gambling there late last year. The municipality did not specify what form of gambling was offered.
The closure signals local enforcement against unauthorised gambling at a venue.
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Venlo’s mayor closed premises over illegal gambling, according to KSA. Police, the municipality and KSA raided the property after receiving indications of commercial gambling. They found people playing poker, gambling chips and gaming machines; the closure lasts three months.
Haarlem mayor Jos Wienen ordered a business premises in the Waarderpolder closed for six months after an illegal poker tournament was found there. Police and the Kansspelautoriteit had raided the site earlier in the year; 12 people were taking part, and two alleged organisers were arrested.
A Nevada judge issued a temporary restraining order on 29 January barring Polymarket from offering event contracts in the state for at least two weeks, according to the ruling described in the report. The court found at this stage that the contracts constituted wagers under Nevada law and that Polymarket lacked a state sports betting licence; a hearing was scheduled for two weeks later.
Brazil's ban on online betting led to more than 3,500 layoffs within 14 days, ANJL recorded, equivalent to 23% of an estimated 15,000-strong workforce. A further 4,167 workers are on collective leave, and the association projects 5,600 job losses within 90 days.
More than 500 people registered for BetGuard in the two weeks after its launch on 14 May, according to an industry source cited in the report. The central self-exclusion service applies to licensed online gambling sites in Ontario, and iGaming Ontario says it will assess measures including chosen exclusion terms and renewals.