iGaming Regulation News

Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Bets has opened a consultation to support a revision of the country’s betting licensing framework. The regulator published Public Consultation Notice No. 3/2026 on Wednesday, inviting contributions to shape a decree covering authorisation requirements for sports betting and online gaming operators. The review forms part of the SPA Regulatory Agenda […]

Victorian gambling operator Keno Vic has been fined AUD75,000 after failures allowed a self-excluded customer to open another account and gamble online. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission said Keno Vic Pty Ltd breached self-exclusion requirements after the customer accessed its online platform. “Self-exclusion is a powerful and practical step for people to manage […]

Key Points Sixty-five point three per cent of Brazil betting executives consider tax as their biggest business problem in 2026 even though there have been BRL5.89 billion in tax revenues in just five months of the current year. The black market segment of the betting industry continues to represent about half of the total industry […]

Key Points Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi claims that illegal gambling drains the country of $40 billion per year and has transitioned from being a public order issue to a national security matter. Turkey shut down 47,493 illegal betting websites in 2026 alone through 680 raids in which 5,629 individuals were arrested, while 6,314 bank […]

Key Points Public Health Wales is distributing up to £700,000 annually for two years through the Gambling Harms Voluntary Sector Grant Fund, with grants capped at £75,000 per organisation. The fund targets prevention and “de-normalisation” of gambling behaviours, not treatment, filling a gap that the separate NHS helpline and clinical services cannot cover. Wales is […]

Key Points Three new online casino platforms, namely Vegas Club Casino, Ember Casino, and Betinia Casino, pushed New Jersey’s total from 27 to 30 active sites, all launching under Caesars-linked market access agreements. New Jersey’s iGaming revenue reached a record $276.3 million in May 2026, up 11.9% year on year, with year-to-date online casino revenue […]

The Gambling Commission has published research measuring consumer trust in Britain’s gambling industry, producing a composite score of 47.9%. The figure was drawn from questions added to the Gambling Survey for Great Britain. Participants rated eight statements covering accountability, transparency, corruption, fairness and the protection of children and vulnerable people. Respondents selected a score between […]

Nevada Representatives Steven Horsford and Mark Amodei have introduced the bipartisan Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, a bill that will prevent federally regulated prediction market platforms from offering sports betting and casino-style event contracts. The proposal would maintain prediction markets around financial, economic and weather events while blocking products believed to function like traditional sports […]

Key Points ADM and Guardia di Finanza inspected 14 venues across Agrigento, shutting two illegal betting centres and imposing fines exceeding €20,000. Seized terminals in Porto Empedocle were disconnected from Italy’s national gaming network, allowing operators to bypass PREU tax recording. Italy’s illegal gambling market is estimated at up to €22 billion, while the regulated […]

Key Points The Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved Fertitta CFO Richard Liem and general counsel Steven Scheinthal on 23 July 2026, the most concrete regulatory step taken since the $17.6bn deal was announced in May. Neither company confirmed the transaction’s current status after the go-shop period closed on 11 July, raising questions about Carl Icahn’s […]