The EU privacy regulation will force online gambling operators and suppliers to a major change in their internal privacy compliance. Based on my personal experience, privacy compliance has not traditionally been a priority for online gambling operators and suppliers. This was also due to the fact that operators and suppliers are usually based in countries that adopt a lighter approach to privacy compliance. But this is no longer going to happen with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will entitle players to bring claims before the authority of their country of residence, rather than the country of establishment…

From Gambling 911 Two operators of an online gambling website based in Costa Rica have been sentenced to prison Monday. Thomas Uva IV, aka “Little T,” 32, was sentenced to 21 months, followed by three years of supervised release, and John Colello, 54, was sentenced to six months, followed by two years of supervised release.   Together they ran the website 44wager.com The two Stanford, Connecticut men were charged along with 18 others with running an illegal sports betting site and card gambling clubs.  The charges stemmed from a long-term investigation ledby the FBI Fairfield County Organized Crime Task force and the Stamford…