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Brazil extends betting ban decree to March 2027
The president of Brazil's Congress, Davi Alcolumbre, has extended Medida Provisória 1.394 by 60 days. The Congress page now gives 4 March 2027 as the end of the period for deliberating the betting ban. The joint committee that must report on it has still not been installed.
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Brazil limits R$5m betting reserve to player refunds
Brazil's Secretariat of Prizes and Bets has set the rules for the R$5 million financial reserve each authorised betting operator had to hold. Under Instruction 32, the money can be used only to repay players and goes through Caixa Econômica Federal. The text sets no deadline.
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Ksa rejects Tulipa's objection and keeps €750,000 fine
The Netherlands Gambling Authority's decision on objection of 20 October 2026 upholds the 16 December 2025 duty-of-care fine of €750,000 against Tulipa Ent Limited, which offers games in the Netherlands under the trade name ComeOn (*onder merknaam ComeOn*). This is not a new fine.
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Vave stops accepting Greek traffic from 13 November
From 13 November 2026 Vave will accept no traffic originating from Greece, according to a notice to affiliate partners. Vave has published no statement on balances, open bets or accounts. Here is what the terms say, and how to check a licensed site in Greece.
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Ksa moves to collect €840,000 from Starzino's owner
The Dutch Gambling Authority has published a decision to collect €840,000 in forfeited penalty payments from 3-102-897762 LTDA, the company behind starzino.com, after rechecks found the site still accessible from the Netherlands.
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Chile Senate committee backs online betting ban amendments
Chile's Senate Economy Committee has approved two amendments that would turn the government's online-betting licensing bill into a ban. The bill is not law yet; the proposals still have to be merged and the text remains in committee.
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STF freezes lower-court challenges to Brazil's betting ban
Justice Luiz Fux has ordered a nationwide pause on every lower-court case that challenges the constitutionality of Brazil's betting ban under MP 1.394, until the Supreme Court rules. The stay is already in force and still needs plenary confirmation.
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Brazil: 47,000 illegal betting sites blocked since ban
Brazil's betting regulator says more than 47,000 illegal betting sites have been blocked since MP 1.394. Messaging channels are still advertising new addresses to Brazilian players.
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TRF3 president suspends CDA Gaming's licence restoration
The president of Brazil's TRF3 appeals court has suspended the interim order that restored CDA Gaming's betting authorisation, the company behind Casa de Apostas and Betsul. The suspension runs until the case is finally decided or the presidency rules otherwise.
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UKGC index: 4% of GB online gamblers used illegal sites
The Gambling Commission's new Illegal Gambling Index puts engagement with illegal gambling websites at 1% of GB survey respondents and 4% of online gamblers (excluding the National Lottery) over 12 months, in the year to April 2026. Its disruption work jumped in July to September, with 7.7 million URLs referred to search engines.
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Judge bars Kalshi sports contracts on three tribes' lands
A federal judge in California has granted a preliminary injunction barring Kalshi from offering sports contracts on the Indian lands of the tribes suing it. The order covers those lands only, not California as a whole.
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CFTC tells exchanges to end US geographic access limits
The CFTC says designated contract markets must, within 30 days, end domestic geographic restrictions that violate its impartial access requirements, or explain to its staff why that is not feasible. The interpretation is the agency's view, not a court order.
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Ninth Circuit denies Kalshi rehearing in Nevada Assad case
The Ninth Circuit on 4 November denied Kalshi's petitions for panel and en banc rehearing in KalshiEX v. Assad, its Nevada sports-contract case. Legal Sports Report and RG say that leaves the August panel ruling in place so Nevada can keep enforcing its gambling rules against those contracts.
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Nevis opens a dedicated Prediction Market License
The Nevis Online Gaming Authority has launched a Prediction Market License for B2C operators and B2B tech providers. Forms and conditions went live on 2 November. A Nevis licence does not override other countries' laws.
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Arkansas sues VGW and Kalshi over illegal gambling claims
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed two lawsuits on 4 November: one against VGW, the company behind Chumba Casino, LuckyLand and Global Poker, and one against prediction market Kalshi. Both say the companies offer illegal gambling in Arkansas. These are allegations, not court findings.
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Casa de Apostas back in Brazil? What the court ruling means
A federal appeals judge in Brazil has provisionally restored the betting licence of CDA Gaming, which runs Casa de Apostas, Betsul and Jogo Online, despite the ban under MP 1.394. The 3 November decision covers this one company only, was taken by a single judge and can still be reversed. Every other operator remains shut.
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Austria's gambling bill: EU standstill extended to 7 Dec
The EU standstill on Austria's online gambling bill now ends on 7 December 2026 instead of 5 November, after Malta issued a detailed opinion. The bill cannot be adopted before then. Nothing changes for players yet, and the draft's 1 January 2027 date is unchanged.
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Brazil's betting ban hearing ends with no court decision
The public hearing on MP 1.394, the measure that bans fixed-odds betting in Brazil, ran for about ten hours at the Supreme Federal Court on 3 November and ended without a decision. Justice Luiz Fux called it informational. No injunction was granted and no date for a ruling has been announced, so the ban stays in force.
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IAGR's licence checker and awareness week start 9 November
The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) has announced its first Illegal Gambling Awareness Week, 9–13 November 2026. It will feature CheckBeforeYouPlay.org, a free licensing-information tool that IAGR says launches on 9 November. IAGR does not say which jurisdictions the tool covers.
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Play'n GO reportedly cuts supply to aggregators
NEXT.io reports that Play'n GO told all major aggregators on 29 October that its games will no longer be available through them. The Play'n GO comment quoted by NEXT.io does not mention the letters. Separately, the Dutch regulator has ordered Endorphina to act against its games appearing on sites without a Dutch licence.
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Sweden bans the firms behind Hellspin, Ivibet and Duel
Sweden's gambling regulator banned two companies from providing gambling in Sweden without a licence on 28 October. The companies run the brands Ivibet, Hellspin, Slotsgem and Duel. Both bans apply at once. The decisions do not say the sites are closed or blocked, and they say nothing about player balances.
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Oklahoma sweepstakes ban in force: what about Sweeps Coins?
Since 1 November 2026, Oklahoma's Senate Bill 1589 has treated online casino games that run on redeemable "dual-currency" coins as illegal gambling games. Several sweepstakes casinos have already left the state or dropped Sweeps Coins there. Here is what the bill says, which sites have pulled out, and what to check if you still hold a balance.
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Maverick Games has closed: how to ask for your balance
Maverick Games, an AGCO-registered online casino in Ontario, has closed. Its homepage now says it has permanently closed its online gaming platform in Ontario, and wagering ended on 16 October. The operator says its team is processing payouts for outstanding balances and pending withdrawals, and asks players to email support@maverickgames.com with their full name and registered username. It gives no payout date. Here is what the notice and the terms say, and what is still unclear.
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BresBet and Bet St George: can you get your money back?
Two months after the UK Gambling Commission suspended their licences, BresBet and Bet St George are in different places. Bet St George is in administration, and customers owed money are told to contact the administrators. For BresBet, no administrator was on record on 31 October and no official claim route has been published.