Sports betting tax rates compared
1. Benchmark Defined Sports betting taxation is the rate and structure that a government applies to operators’ gross gaming revenue,…
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Boardroom Papers
Entering the UAE gaming market under the GCGRA regime
1. Situation Defined An operator’s board has approved a move into the United Arab Emirates on the back of the…
Sweepstakes casinos are replaying gambling’s grey market history
1. Reflection Fifteen years running ICE gave me a good instinct for the moment a grey market stops being a…
Integrating two operators after acquisition: a playbook
1. Situation Defined The deal closing is the easiest part of a gambling acquisition, and the two years that follow…
The hire I almost turned down for not having gambling on their CV
1. Reflection I nearly passed on a candidate a few years ago because their CV had nothing gambling shaped on…
Before you sign: the questions a board needs answered on gambling M&A
1. Issue Gambling M&A carries a specific kind of risk that a generalist due diligence process is not built to…
Self-exclusion registers: why the UK stayed split when Europe unified
1. Benchmark Defined A self-exclusion register lets a player lock themselves out of gambling for a fixed period, and the…
Prediction markets are winning some states and losing others.
Strategy Memo To: Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations Leads, US Licensed Sportsbook Operators From: The Gaming Boardroom (TGB) Subject: Prediction…
UKGC sets financial risk assessment threshold at £5,000
The government has opened a consultation to ban unlicensed gambling sponsorship across every sector, not just sport, but the ban…
Responding to a customer data breach: a playbook for operators
1. Situation Defined Five major Nevada gaming operators have been hit by serious cyberattacks since September 2023: MGM Resorts, Caesars…