Weekly column: Brazil's refund rules, a bonus age of 20, and what's due 16–20 November

This is our weekly column. It has three parts. First, what happened from 9 to 13 November. Second, what is scheduled for 16 to 20 November, according to the sources named in our stories. Third, a checklist of our own news from this week, one line each.

Where we add a forecast, it is labelled Our forecast. It is our reading, not a fact. We state the assumption behind it, so you can judge it yourself.

This week's review covers the stories we reported ourselves. It is not a full list of everything that happened in the industry.

This week: Brazil wrote the refund rules

Brazil took three steps in two days. On 9 November Justice Luiz Fux of the Supreme Court froze the lower-court cases that challenge the betting ban, Medida Provisória 1.394. The president of Congress extended the measure by 60 days in an act dated the same day (ATCN 118/2026). The Congress page now gives 4 March 2027 as the end of the deliberation period. On 10 November the Finance Ministry's betting secretariat published Instruction 32: an operator that cannot repay its players may ask to use its R$5 million reserve, and that money can only go to players, through Caixa. The instruction sets no deadline for any step.

The joint committee that has to report on the measure is still not installed. The Congress page showed the status "AGUARDANDO INSTALAÇÃO DA COMISSÃO" when we checked it on 13 November. We also corrected our own count: Congress lists 99 amendments, not 97.

The Netherlands: one fine kept, one being collected. The Dutch regulator Ksa published its decision to keep the €750,000 duty-of-care fine on Tulipa Ent Limited, which runs ComeOn in the Netherlands. It is not a new fine. The Ksa also moved to collect €840,000 from the owner of Starzino.

Sweden: welcome bonuses from 20. Hajper on 9 November and ComeOn on 10 November raised the minimum age for their welcome bonuses from 18 to 20. Registration stays at 18. Hajper's own terms show the change. For ComeOn we rely on the trade site Bettingbladet.

Deals, courts and one exit. Allwyn took a perpetual licence to Kambi's sportsbook source code and plans to buy the rest of Instant Win Gaming. A UK court granted Spribe an interim injunction that blocks rival Aviator launches in three countries until a trial in October 2027. A Senate committee in Chile backed amendments on an online betting ban. Vave stops accepting traffic from Greece on 13 November.

Next week: 16 to 20 November

Every date below comes from one of our published stories, which names the primary source.

• Monday 16 November. Yolo.com and Bombay Casino cancel bonus balances by this date, according to the operator notice. The deadline to move Yolo Wallet funds to a bank account is 30 November.
• Tuesday 17 November. Quebec's 44th legislature opens with the new premier's opening speech, as Radio-Canada reported. We covered what the election could mean for private iGaming licences.
• Tuesday 17 November. Nolimit City's Fire In The Hole 4 goes on general release, and Pragmatic Play's published roadmap lists Zeus vs Hades POP.
• Wednesday 18 November. Comments close on the CFTC's two proposals that would define casino and sportsbook wagers as not being swaps.
• Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November. Mighty Huntsman (Red Tiger) and 888 Dragon's Fortune Hold and Win (Spinning Whale) are listed for the 18th, and Phoenix Frenzy Triple Win (Play'n GO) for the 19th.
• Thursday 19 November, 09:30. The EU Court of Justice rules on Malta's Bill 55 in Case C-683/24. The law blocks certain foreign judgments against Malta-licensed operators, so the ruling matters for player loss claims.
• Until Sunday 22 November. Denmark's regulator runs the social media part of its campaign on gambling features in children's games.

Our forecast. We do not expect Brazil's joint committee to be installed next week. Assumption: the measure has been in the urgency regime since 9 November without the committee being installed, and the 60-day extension has moved the deadline to March.

On Thursday's Bill 55 ruling we make no forecast. Our earlier story sets out the three ways it can go.

We expect more operators in Sweden to raise their bonus age. Assumption: Bettingbladet counts 14 operators that already set a higher age for bonuses or registration, and two brands followed within two days. We have not checked that count. This is a reading of the trend, not a report.

Dates to keep. 30 November: the Yolo Wallet deadline. 7 December: Austria's standstill period ends.

Our news this week

• 9 Nov: Brazil: 47,000 illegal betting sites blocked since ban
• 9 Nov: STF freezes lower-court challenges to Brazil's betting ban
• 9 Nov: UK court blocks rival Aviator launches in three countries
• 10 Nov: Chile Senate committee backs online betting ban amendments
• 10 Nov: Ksa moves to collect €840,000 from Starzino's owner
• 11 Nov: Vave stops accepting Greek traffic from 13 November
• 11 Nov: Allwyn takes Kambi source-code licence and buys out IWG
• 11 Nov: Ksa rejects Tulipa's objection and keeps €750,000 fine
• 12 Nov: Brazil limits R$5m betting reserve to player refunds
• 12 Nov: ComeOn and Hajper raise welcome bonus age to 20 in Sweden
• 12 Nov: correction to Brazil's betting ban draws 99 amendments in Congress
• 13 Nov: Brazil extends betting ban decree to March 2027

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Sources

• Congresso Nacional: Medida Provisória n° 1394, de 2026 (primary; status, Ato 118/2026 of 9 November and the deliberation period to 4 March 2027, read 13 November 2026; in Portuguese)
• The other facts in this column come from the stories linked above. Each of them lists its own sources.