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Finland grants 12 gambling licences; Veikkaus still waiting
Finland's National Police Board says it has granted 12 online gambling licences and rejected none, from 79 applications. Licensed sites cannot open before July 2027, and state operator Veikkaus is still waiting for its own decision.
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Sint Maarten draft law would repeal offshore gambling rules
Sint Maarten has put a draft gambling law out for public consultation until 4 December. It would create an independent Gambling Authority, license casinos and lotteries, and repeal the country's offshore gambling ordinance. Online gambling is left for later rules. Nothing is in force yet.
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Lula re-elected: what's next for Brazil's MP 1.394 bet ban
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in Brazil's runoff on 25 October, so the government that banned fixed-odds betting stays in charge. The ban remains in force and the licences are gone. What happens next depends on the Supreme Federal Court and on Congress.
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Brazil's betting licences end under MP 1.394, no fee refund
Every federal authorisation to run fixed-odds betting in Brazil ends today, Sunday 25 October, 30 days after Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 was published. Operators get no refund of the licence fee and no compensation, and their reporting and refund obligations carry on.
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NY regulator asks court to force Kalshi to answer subpoenas
The New York State Gaming Commission has asked a Manhattan court to make Kalshi comply with subpoenas for records on its sports contracts, its offerings to New Yorkers under 21, its advertising and its ownership. The Commission says it needs them to decide whether to seek civil penalties. Nothing has been ruled yet.
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Mexican court backs Bet365 and Betano operator over block
A federal appeals court in Mexico City has ruled for Ganador Azteca, the company that runs Bet365 and Betano in Mexico, in its challenge to the Interior Ministry's block on both sites. The ruling still has to be published and complied with, there is no return date, and players' balances remain frozen.
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Brazil court orders 7 betting firms to freeze refund money
A federal judge in São Paulo has ordered seven former betting operators, Blaze among them, to keep the money owed to their players segregated and to prove their account balances with bank records within two days. Each company faces a R$50,000 daily fine if it does not comply.
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Peru proposes lower online betting fines, stricter ad rules
Peru's Mincetur has put a draft decree out for comment that would cut the top fine for licensed online casinos and sportsbooks from 200 to 70 UIT, cap most fines at 10% of annual revenue, and tighten what gambling ads must show. It is a proposal, not yet law.
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AGCOM proposes stricter test for gambling-brand news sites
Italy's communications regulator AGCOM has opened a 30-day consultation on tightening the exemption that lets gambling brands run separate news, sports and entertainment sites. Under the proposal, a ".live" or ".news" spin-off would have to prove it is a real, independent business. The ad ban itself is unchanged.
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Malta's gaming and consumer regulators sign complaints deal
The Malta Gaming Authority and Malta's consumer authority, the MCCAA, have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on player complaints and disputes where their remits overlap. Here is what it covers and where a player with an MGA-licensed site can take a complaint today.
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UKGC: "not on GamStop" now a main route to illegal sites
New Gambling Commission research finds that "not on GamStop" has become a common search shorthand for sites with fewer checks and faster payouts, and a main way people reach the illegal market. It sorts the people using those sites into four groups with very different motives.
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Illinois proposes self-exclusion for video gaming machines
The Illinois Gaming Board has approved a proposed rule that would bring the state's roughly 50,000 video gaming terminals into its self-exclusion program, with ID checks before players buy vouchers and optional cashless accounts. It is not in force: a legislative rules committee reviews it next.
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Latvia bill would raise gambling age to 21, cap online play
A Latvian parliamentary committee has backed a bill that would raise the gambling age from 18 to 21, limit online play to 21 hours in any 24 and bring in personalised player cards. Nothing is law yet: the newly elected parliament will decide.
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US lawmakers ask six betting firms about VIP programs
Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Reps. Paul Tonko and Valerie Foushee have written to BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, Fanatics, Kalshi and Polymarket. They want answers by 5 November on VIP members, revenue, offers to players trying to cut back, and the use of AI to target promotions.
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Ksa fines Instantcasino operator a record EUR 37.25m
The Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) has fined EOD Code SRL EUR 37.25 million for offering unlicensed online gambling to players in the Netherlands through twelve sites, including Instantcasino and Skyhills. It is the highest fine Ksa has imposed for illegal gambling so far, and the company can still object.
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Premier League shirt ban cut live gambling ads by just 10.5%
Gambling logos have all but disappeared from the front of Premier League shirts this season, but University of Bristol researchers estimate the change cut gambling messages in live matches by just 10.5%. Pitchside boards still carry most of the marketing, and branding on sleeves and training kit more than tripled.
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Fake Brasil sem Bets site charges 15% Pix "release tax"
A copy of the Brazilian government's Brasil sem Bets refund page, on a lookalike address, shows visitors betting balances they never had and asks for a 15% "release tax" by Pix before paying out, Veja reports. The official notice says banks would return balances automatically, and it asks for no fee.
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ACMA warns two ex-AFL players over Vegastars casino posts
Australia's media regulator has formally warned former AFL players Mitch Robinson and Rhys Mathieson, now social media influencers, for promoting the illegal online casino Vegastars on Instagram and a podcast. Both took the posts down. The ACMA says every influencer is now "on notice".
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PointsBet Canada accepts two-day Ontario suspension
PointsBet Canada will take its Ontario gaming site offline for two days and undertake an independent audit, settling the AGCO case over its alleged failure to report suspicious bets on NBA player Jontay Porter. The AGCO and PointsBet say the dates are yet to be determined.
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Ohio tells licensees to cut prediction-market ties by 30 Oct
The Ohio Casino Control Commission has warned its licensees, from sportsbooks to integrity monitors and testing labs, that serving unlicensed prediction markets raises "significant suitability concerns", according to a copy of its letter published by The Event Horizon. They must stop and confirm compliance by 30 October.
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L & L Europe to pay £900,000 over withdrawal delays
The Gambling Commission says L & L Europe's rule allowing only one withdrawal request at a time was unfair under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. The operator also asked some customers for extra information at cashout that it could have requested earlier.
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Spain launches €700-a-day deposit limit across operators
Spain's gambling regulator has launched one deposit limit that covers every licensed online operator a player uses: €700 a day, €1,750 a week and €3,300 per four weeks by default. A new Player Portal shows all of a player's activity in one place.
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EU court to rule on Malta's Bill 55 on 19 November
The Court of Justice of the EU will give judgment on 19 November 2026 in the case about Malta's "Bill 55", the law that tells Maltese courts to refuse certain foreign rulings against Malta-licensed gambling operators. Its Advocate General has already called the reference inadmissible.
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SA regulator fines Sportsbet A$325,000 over unapproved bets
South Australia's gambling regulator has fined Sportsbet A$325,000 and reprimanded it for taking 942,675 bets from South Australians on e-sports, LIV Golf, UFC/MMA and novelty markets that were not approved for betting in the state. Sportsbet keeps its authorisation.