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Payments and Banks for Gambling Projects: Why They Refuse and How to Build the Structure
Gambling companies lose payment partners more often than most businesses, and rarely because of one violation. Banks and card acquirers put the whole sector in a high-risk group, and a project that cannot explain its business and money flows gets declined. Thi…
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Responsible Gambling and AML for iGaming Operators: Mandatory Procedures
An online gambling operator answers to the regulator on two fronts. The first is protection against money laundering, known as AML. The second is responsible gambling, which means protecting the players themselves. This article covers the procedures that are mandatory on each front in the EU, the UK, Malta, Curaçao and Estonia, where the two…
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Illegal Gambling Through Other Businesses’ Card Payments: How the Scheme Works and Who Is Liable
Illegal gambling businesses rarely accept payments under their own name. More often players’ card payments pass through someone else’s ordinary-looking business, and that is exactly what card schemes and banks hold acquirers and payment companies to account for. We go through, according to primary sources, how such a scheme works, what Visa and Mastercard require,…
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An iGaming License: Your Key to a Legal and Successful Online Business
A gaming licence is the foundation of an iGaming business: banks, payment providers and game studios work with licensed operators. The licensing map has changed: Curaçao replaced master licences with direct licences from its Gaming Authority in December 2024, while international projects often also consider Anjouan (Comoros), whose status is now disputed. We go through…
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Brazil’s Betting Ban: Provisional Measure No. 1,394 and What Comes Next
On 25 September 2026 Brazil’s president signed Provisional Measure No. 1,394 (Medida Provisória), which banned fixed-odds betting in the country, that is sports betting and online casinos, including for operators abroad. The regulated market that opened under Law 14,790/2023 is closed. Licences are extinguished on 25 October, banks and payment institutions may not process such…
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Online casino licence: Curaçao, Malta, Estonia, Anjouan or Tobique
Online casino licences compared: Curaçao (LOK), Malta (MGA), Estonia (EMTA), Anjouan and Tobique. Requirements, fees, taxes and timelines from the regulators.