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Over 90 Per Cent of Gambling Ads on Facebook Illegal, Says Dutch Trade Group at Amsterdam Hearing
VNLOK documented Meta removing under 5% of flagged illegal gambling ads throughout Q4 2025, with that figure rising to only 15% by…
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Brazil Built a Betting Market, Regulated It, Then Banned It – Now the Courts Decide
ANJL filed ADI 8,027 and Anseja filed ADI 8,024 at the STF on September 28; both seek distribution to Justice Luiz Fux…
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BGC Wages a Human Campaign Against Machine Tax as Budget Day Looms
The BGC initiated its campaign “Back our Betting Shops” on 28 September, backed by EY modelling commissioned by the BGC which shows…
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Armenia Tells Unauthorised Gambling Businesses to Strip “Casino” From Their Names Before It’s Too Late!
From February 8, 2027, businesses that do not have a gambling license in Armenia will be fined AMD 500,000 for every use…
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Hacker Reports Berlin Court Win Over MGA as Curaçao Regulator Weighs Its Own Legal Move
Wittmann says interim proceedings in case 7 O 254/26 eV at Berlin Regional Court II went in her favour, though the full…
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Brazil Killed Its Own Betting Market Before the Election – Here’s What Nobody Is Saying
Provisional Measure Number 1,394 was signed by President Lula on 25 September and immediately banned all fixed-odds betting and online casinos in…
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Anjouan Scrambles to Tighten Licence Rules as FATF Blows the Whistle on Gambling’s Dark Money Problem
FATF's September 2026 report drew on 80 jurisdictions and written input from 29 countries, identifying illegal offshore gambling as a risk that…
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Dutch Regulator Tells Operators To Remove Account-closure Barriers
The Dutch Gaming Authority has issued new guidance after finding that some licensed gambling companies do not correctly follow the rules on…
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PAGCOR Considers Smart-table Rollout For Philippine Casinos
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation is considering smart gaming tables for casinos, with larger integrated resorts potentially beginning implementation in 2027…
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New Zealand Sets Online Casino Licence Requirements After Auction
New Zealand has outlined what operators must provide after securing a place in its upcoming online casino licence auction, placing business operations,…
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Tabcorp Fined A$350k After Delayed MFA Left Some Customer Accounts Exposed
The VGCCC found Tabcorp failed to enforce mandatory MFA across all wagering accounts from 30 January to 23 June 2025, during which…
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Gaming1 Locks Down a Belgian Licence That Cannot Simply Be Applied For
Gaming1 acquired 100% of Pac-Man NV on 22 September 2026, gaining the Belgian B+ online gaming licence B+4248 plus the physical gaming…
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Finland’s Gambling Rush: 75 Licence Applications and Zero Decisions, With the Clock Running
The Finnish NPB has received 75 gambling licence applications until September 2026, significantly exceeding the 40-60 range that had been predicted by…
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South Korea Filed 14,000 Gambling Block Requests in Seven Weeks – The Sites Kept Moving
The National Gambling Control Commission made 14,199 requests for blocking in a targeted operation during the period of 8 June - 31…
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The Regulator Who Spent a Decade Pushing Meta Has Just Launched His Own Firm
GamReg Consulting launched 23 September 2026, with North American partners already engaged and Miller as founder and managing director. Gaming Compliance International…
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Germany’s GGL Wants Faster Enforcement Powers – The Treaty Review Will Need Better Data to Deliver Them
The GGL wants greater professional discretion within the GlüStV 2021 framework, arguing that even agreed-upon changes can take several years to clear…
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Chile Is Taxing Betting Operators While Blocking Their Websites – The Contradiction Has a Name
Under Resolution 69 of June 2, 2026, 39 betting platforms registered for Digital VAT with Chile's SII, while Subtel blocked 42 URLs…
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Bulgaria’s Near-Total Gambling Ad Ban Arrives Two Months After the Government Said It Would Backfire
PM Radev's proposals restrict gambling advertising to sports kits and sports facilities only, closing channels that survived Bulgaria's 2024 ban. All gaming…
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Palmerbet Allowed Excluded Player to Gamble for 18 Months; Here’s the Data Error That Did That
ACMA identified 535 contraventions of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 after Palmerbet failed to close a self-excluded customer's account, counting one breach…
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ARGN Launches Continental Network for Responsible Gaming Cooperation
The African Responsible Gaming Network (ARGN) launched on 21 September 2026 to strengthen collaboration on responsible gaming and gambling harm prevention across…
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