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UKGC Suspends BresBet and Bet St George Over Suspected Compliance Failures
The UK Gambling Commission has suspended the operating licences of BresBet Ltd and Bet St George Ltd after identifying suspected social responsibility…
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Ninth Circuit Backs Nevada in Kalshi Prediction Market Dispute
A federal appeals court has handed Nevada a victory in its legal fight with prediction market operator Kalshi, permitting the state to…
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France’s ANJ Tells Operators: Suspicion Is Not Enough to Withhold Player Funds
ANJ published a practical fraud guide on 31 August 2026, clarifying evidence standards without creating new legal duties. Operators cannot withhold winnings…
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Ethiopia Arrested 38 Betting Firms – They Had No Licences to Begin With
Ethiopian authorities arrested the owners of 38 betting enterprises and froze their accounts as part of a sweeping crackdown across seven sectors.…
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Dutch Lottery Sued Skyhills and It Vanished. So Why Are Fines Still the Main Weapon?
Skyhills N.V., a Curaçao-based operator with no Dutch licence, went offline immediately after Nederlandse Loterij filed civil proceedings against it and all…
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Brazil Raided Flutter’s NSX Group – The Curaçao Question Is Bigger Than One Company
Brazilian authorities froze R$191 million in assets tied to NSX Group and launched 11 tax proceedings seeking a potential BRL 300 million…
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Curaçao Introduces New Remote Identity Verification Rules For Gaming Operators
The Curaçao Gaming Authority, working with the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten and the Financial Intelligence Unit Curaçao, has introduced…
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Ireland Built a Gambling Regulator – Now Comes the Part Nobody Prepared For
Since remote betting licences launched on 1 July 2026, the GRAI has issued cease-and-desist orders against a large volume of unlicensed operators,…
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Sri Lanka Built a Gambling Regulator That Still Cannot Issue a Single Licence
The GRA Act came into force on 1 December 2025, but the subsidiary legislation for issuing licenses has still not been notified…
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Estonia Bet on a Gambling Tax Cut to Fill Its Coffers. Nine Months Later, the PM Is Asking If It Was Worth It
Prime Minister Kristen Michal has ordered an early review of Estonia's phased online gambling tax cut, two years ahead of the originally…
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Brazil’s Betting Sector Pays £1.2bn in Taxes, Then Politicians Try to Bury It
The tax remitted to the Federal Revenue by the licensed betting companies in Brazil between January and July 2026 amounted to R$8.7…
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Botswana Voted 20-1 to Rewrite Its Gambling Rules – Not Everyone Agreed: Why?
Bill No. 15 of 2026 has been passed by the Botswana National Assembly on 13 August with 20 votes in favor to…
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NorthStar Got Fined CA$100K for AML Failures – That Is Not Even the Worst Part
Player crossed NorthStar's CA$25,000 risk level in the first month. The account remained active for 15 months before the player made any…
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Pagcor Plans Mobile App as Half the Philippines’ Online Gaming Market Stays Unlicensed
Pagcor plans to release an app for mobile verification ahead of end-2026, based on the Pagcor Guarantee website launched in June 2025,…
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Chile’s State Lottery Charges 11 Betting Giants With Money Laundering — While the Taxman Takes Their Money
A complaint was lodged by Polla Chilena de Beneficencia on 20 August 2026 against 11 operators such as Betsson, Betano, 1xBet, and…
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Romanian City Timișoara Bans New Gambling Halls Under Local Licensing Powers
Timișoara’s local council has unanimously voted to prohibit any new gambling halls from being authorised across the city. Mayor Dominic Fritz said…
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Bulgaria’s Gambling Affiliate Law Is Live – The Real Cost Goes Beyond the Headline Fee
Affiliates earning lower Bulgarian commissions face an effective state take of nearly 20%, not the headline 10%, because the fixed annual fee…
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Ghana FA Restricts Betting Odds On Domestic Football Matches
The Ghana Football Association has restricted betting companies from offering odds on domestic football matches, with President Kurt Okraku saying the measure…
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PAGCOR’s Net Income Is Set to Fall 91% in 2026 — And the Reasons Go Deeper Than You Think
The net profit of PAGCOR is predicted to fall by 91% from PHP17.47 billion to PHP1.66 billion in 2026, way more severe…
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NSW Bets on Biometrics: The Pokies Crackdown, Statewide Exclusion Register and What Critics Say Is Still Missing
From 2028, mandatory facial recognition will operate at every gaming room entrance in NSW, backing a first-ever statewide exclusion register that follows…
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