A federal jury in Missouri found Torch Electronics liable for violating state gambling laws and engaging in unfair business practices, ordering it to pay TNT Amusements $500,000. Torch said it will appeal; the Missouri Gaming Commission has said the machines are illegal games of chance.
The ruling reinforces the Missouri Gaming Commission’s position that the machines are illegal, while Torch’s appeal leaves the dispute ongoing.
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The High Court ordered The New Lottery Corporation to pay 75% of the Gambling Commission’s costs and 70% of Allwyn’s costs after dismissing the company’s claims on 17 April. The amount could reach £40 million, and the court refused permission to appeal the April judgment, the Commission said.
A Curaçao court ordered Entretenimiento Rojo B.V. and C.I.L. Curaçao Interactive Licensing N.V. to pay a player $30,000 after ruling that the casino could not rely on bonus terms that had not been shown to meet legal requirements. The judgment also requires statutory interest, collection costs and court costs; the casino had alleged bonus-rule breaches, which the player disputed.
Namibia’s High Court ordered licensed gambling facilities and the Gambling House Association of Namibia’s members to pay levies on gambling profits, with interest, from December 2021. The court dismissed the association’s bid to prevent the levies until illegal gambling houses were legalised or closed and rejected its challenge to the 2018 Gaming and Entertainment Control Act.
Australia’s Federal Court ordered The Star Entertainment Group to pay A$260 million for breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. The court found failures in customer checks and monitoring, including allowing more than 1,200 customers to gamble through high-risk channels without adequate safeguards; AUSTRAC said the penalty reflects the seriousness of the contraventions.
The Federal Court ordered The Star Entertainment Group to pay A$260 million, equivalent to $182 million, for breaking Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. Justice Moore handed down the judgment, and it was published on Wednesday. The case opened in 2022, and two former executives have also been found guilty of breaching the Corporations Act 2001.
L & L Europe Limited will pay £900,000 as part of a regulatory settlement with the UKGC over failures including unnecessarily delaying consumer withdrawals, the Commission said. The operator, which runs seven websites including allbritishcasino.com and casinocasino.com, also had anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings. The Commission said one term limited customers to a single withdrawal request at a time.
L & L Europe Limited will pay £900,000 as part of a regulatory settlement with the UK Gambling Commission, the regulator said on 21 October 2026. The Commission said the failures included unnecessarily delaying consumer withdrawals. The operator runs seven websites, among them allbritishcasino.com, casinocasino.com and hypercasino.com.