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Colombia bill would add 19% VAT to online betting deposits
Colombia's government has filed an economic rescue bill that, according to reports of its text, would charge 19% VAT on games of chance, with online games taxed on the value of each player's deposit. It is a proposal, not law, and, as of 30 October, Congress has yet to debate it.
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Malta's MGA refines checks on foreign-licensed firms
The Malta Gaming Authority has closed its consultation on the Recognition Notice framework, which covers gambling firms working in or from Malta on a licence from another EU or EEA country. It says the feedback led to refinements. Next.io, which obtained the regulator's feedback statement, reports that several planned information requests were cut back.
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Italy's 2027 budget asks gambling for €700m
Italy's government says its 2027 budget bill will raise another €700m from gambling. A copy of the bill text circulating since 30 October raises the standard tax rate on slot machines and VLTs, extends land-based concessions to 2029 and contains no online tax change. Parliament still has to pass it.
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Dutch licensed online gambling fell 21% in 2025, KSA says
The Dutch regulator says licensed online gambling revenue fell 21% in 2025, adjusted for inflation, and links the drop at least partly to the deposit rules from October 2024. In the first half of 2026 revenue rose again, accounts reached an average of 1.48 million a month, and the licensed share of revenue was estimated at 59%.
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UKGC study: illegal gambling beside licensed play
A Gambling Commission study of anonymised bank data found that, among people with repeated suspected illegal-site payments, 91% also used licensed operators. Of the 146 people with survey scores, 45% scored 8 or more on the problem gambling scale, against 6% of licensed non-lottery gamblers in the sample. The regulator says the data cannot size the illegal market.
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New Brunswick tables bill to regulate online live casino
New Brunswick has tabled Bill 8, which would give the province the power to regulate online live casino games run by the province's lottery corporation or a government-designated agency. Regulations are to follow, and as of 30 October the government's release gives no launch date.
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DraftKings and FanDuel pull sports contracts in Utah
DraftKings Predictions and FanDuel Predicts have dropped sports, political and novelty contracts for customers in Utah, and Fanatics Markets says it will stop trade placement there on 4 November. DraftKings and FanDuel keep financial contracts. The moves follow Utah's criminal charges against Kalshi.
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Utah files criminal charges against Kalshi and co-founders
Utah's attorney general has filed 14 criminal counts in state court against Kalshi's operating company, with co-founders Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara named as co-defendants. The case rests on 12 sports bets an undercover agent placed in September. These are charges, not findings.
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Finland names its first 18 gambling licence holders
Finland's National Police Board has granted 18 licences under the new Gambling Act and now publishes the holders with their licence numbers. Another 63 applications are being processed, each taking about six to eight months. No licensed site can open before 1 July 2027.
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AMLA keeps €2,000 gambling check, sets linking rules
The EU's new anti-money laundering authority, AMLA, has decided not to lower the €2,000 threshold at which gambling operators must check a customer's identity. Instead, its draft rules set out how operators should decide whether separate bets or payments belong together and count toward that limit.
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The Star ordered to pay A$260m for AML breaches
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered The Star to pay A$260 million for breaching anti-money-laundering law at its Sydney and Queensland casinos. The Court found the casino group failed to check who its high-risk customers were and where their money came from.
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Kalshi sues Missouri over sports event contracts
Kalshi has sued Missouri's attorney general and gaming regulators in federal court, asking a judge to stop the state from enforcing its gambling laws against Kalshi's sports event contracts. The suit comes days before the 30 October deadline Kalshi says it was given to comply.
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Polymarket US stops sports contracts in Michigan
Polymarket US has agreed to stop offering new sports event contracts to Michigan customers and to close any open positions left by 25 November. It is the fourth platform to pull sports contracts in the state this year.
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ASA upholds complaint over bonus ad on self-exclusion search
The UK advertising regulator has upheld a complaint against betting affiliate Optival Ltd after its paid search ad, promoting welcome bonuses, appeared for someone searching "self exclusion bookies". The ASA found its targeting controls had not been sufficiently robust.
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Two Budget documents differ by £5m on Machine Games Duty
Budget 2026's Table 6.1 puts the Machine Games Duty changes at £145 million in 2031-32. The Policy costings PDF prints two separate notes that add up to £140 million. The other five years match.
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UK Budget raises Machine Games Duty to 25% from April 2027
The UK Budget moves gaming machines with stakes over £1 or prizes over £100 into the 25% band of Machine Games Duty from 1 April 2027. Lower-stake machines in pubs and seaside arcades keep their existing rate. Remote Gaming Duty on online casino play stays at 40%.
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Chile proposes a ban on all online betting ads and bonuses
Chile's government wants to ban all advertising by online betting platforms, licensed or not, and outlaw bonuses used to attract or keep players. The package also proposes a 22% total tax. A Senate committee began studying it on 27 October; nothing is law yet.
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Buenos Aires bill would ban online casinos and betting
A Buenos Aires provincial senator has proposed banning online sports betting and casino games in the province, ending its licensing system. Players would get their balances back within 30 days. It is a proposal only, with no vote date.
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US sues Utah to stop its gambling case against Kalshi
The United States and the CFTC have asked a federal court in Utah to declare Utah's gambling laws inapplicable to federally regulated prediction markets and to stop Utah's lawsuit against Kalshi. As of 28 October, no hearing date and no ruling have been reported.
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Brazil's Supreme Court to hold betting ban hearing 3 Nov
Justice Luiz Fux has called a public hearing at Brazil's Supreme Federal Court for 3 November on MP 1.394, the measure that bans fixed-odds betting. Twenty-six bodies are invited, from the government and operator associations to ten football clubs. It is a consultation, not a ruling: the ban stays in force.
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Betdaq has closed: your account, bets and balance
Betdaq stopped taking bets on 21 October 2026. Customers can log in and withdraw until 4 November. Bets matched before 14 October that settle by 30 November are honoured; later ones are voided and stakes returned. Here is what changes, and what is still unclear.
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Pennsylvania bill would cap online casino bets at $5
A bipartisan Pennsylvania House bill, HB 2879, would cap online casino bets at $2 or $5 a play depending on age, block all betting after set losses, allow only two deposits a day and end credit card funding. It sits in the House Gaming Oversight Committee with no hearing or vote yet.
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Kalshi sues Louisiana over sports event contracts
Kalshi has sued Louisiana's attorney general, governor and gaming regulators in federal court, asking a judge to stop the state from applying its gambling laws to Kalshi's sports event contracts. Louisiana has not taken enforcement action against Kalshi, and the court has not ruled on anything yet.
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NBA names Kalshi and Polymarket its preferred exchanges
The NBA has named Kalshi and Polymarket its "Preferred Prediction Market Exchanges" and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the CFTC, the US federal derivatives regulator. The deals add trading limits and information-sharing duties, give both exchanges official data and marketing rights, and extend DraftKings' NBA deal to prediction markets.