Phased advertising restrictions continue; sports-shirt/stadium sponsorship being phased out through 2025-2028.

Belgium: all sports shirt/jersey and sports sponsorship advertising banned from 1 January 2028.

Gambling Act enters into force in full; licensed online betting and casino market opens; Veikkaus loses online exclusivity

Remote General Betting Duty announced to rise from 15% to 25% from April 2027 (land-based, horse-racing and pool bets carved out at 15%)

In-person betting licences begin; legacy permissions end

Brazil standardised ad-warning messages (≥10% of the ad) effective 3 July 2026 (SPA/MF Ordinance 1,964/2026).

Online casino tax rises from 18% to 20% in the sixth year after launch (~late 2026) per PA 21-23 section 17

GGL intensified enforcement against unlicensed operators (IP and payment blocking); ongoing industry and political debate over the 5.3% turnover tax and strict deposit/stake limits pushing players toward the illegal market, alongside a scheduled evaluation of the GlüStV 2021 regime.

UK Remote Gaming Duty rising to 40% (1 April 2026) is a major pressure on Gibraltar operators serving the British market

First remote betting licences issued

Gaming tax rose to 34.2% on 1 Jan 2025 and to 37.8% on 1 Jan 2026; both increases took effect as enacted despite industry pressure to pause or reverse them.

Online casino (slots/table games) still not authorized; would require new legislation

Ongoing operator pressure to switch the turnover-based sports-betting tax to a GGR base; no change enacted as of verification.

NGB issued Remote Gambling Server compliance notices and sought monitoring/blocking solutions to detect and block illegal online gambling

Remote Gaming Duty raised from 21% to 40% effective 1 April 2026 (Autumn Budget 2025); Bingo Duty abolished April 2026

HB 4397 / HB 4398 propose raising the iGaming and sports-betting tax to 25% — in House committee, not enacted.

National Police Board begins accepting online gambling licence applications (partial entry into force)

GRAI opened B2C remote (online) betting licence applications

UK CAP Code extended from 1 September 2025 to cover non-paid social, influencers and overseas operators' UK-facing marketing.

AGCC continued to update its fee schedule and enhance AML and technical/testing standards

UK-facing operators licensed in Alderney still require a UK Gambling Commission licence and pay UK duties on GB customers (UK Remote Gaming Duty rose to 40% on 1 April 2026)

Government considering the 2023 Murphy inquiry ('You win some, you lose more') recommendations, including a phased ban on gambling advertising — response pending

Regulated market live; SPA and courts pursuing blocking of unlicensed operators; ongoing debate over advertising and a possible higher tax

Complementary Law 224/2025 (sanctioned 26 Dec 2025) raised the operator GGR tax to 13% (2026), 14% (2027) and 15% (from 2028), adding a social-security contribution on top of the original 12% earmark.

Brazil: only SPA/MF-authorised operators on .bet.br domains may advertise from 1 January 2025.

Temporary 19% VAT on online gambling: taxed player deposits 14 Feb–31 Dec 2025 (Decree 0175/2025, upheld by Constitutional Court C-431/2025); a January 2026 emergency decree moved the 19% VAT to GGR for 2026, now under constitutional challenge.

Curaçao LOK: new National Ordinance for Games of Chance in force 24 Dec 2024; direct CGA licensing replacing the master/sub-licence model; old sub-licences expired in 2025 and the transition (portals, migration, detailed rules) is ongoing — high volatility.

Ministry of Finance continues maintaining the illegal-gambling blocklist (IP and payment blocking) and updating player-protection rules

New B2B game-supplier licensing requirement and updated game-certification programme took effect 1 January 2025; revised Executive Orders for betting and online casino issued June 2025.

Finnish Parliament passed the new Gambling Act in December 2025, confirming a 22% GGR tax and market opening

Government proposal to legalise online casino (2025 Budget) withdrawn after opposition from land-based casinos; online casino stays prohibited.

The 2025 Social Security Financing Act raised GGR levies from 1 July 2025 (online sports betting to ~59.3%, poker to a flat 10%, horse-race betting to ~52.9%) and added a 15% tax on operators' advertising spend.

Gambling Act 2025 in force 1 October 2025, replacing the 2005 Act: new B2C/B2B/GOSS licence categories, substance requirements, empowered Commissioner and Appeals Tribunal; a new tiered fee schedule (up to £200,000 for the largest operators) and codes of practice

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 fully replaced the 2013 edition — certifications had to migrate by October 2025.

Public tender for new nine-year online concessions (€7M entry fee) under D.Lgs 41/2024 expected to proceed; each concession limited to a capped number of skins/domains.

2025 Budget Law raised the online betting tax to ~24.5% and online gaming/casino/poker/bingo to ~25.5% of GGR (up from 24% and 25%).

MGA continued tightening AML and player-protection technical/reporting requirements amid ongoing EU pressure over cross-border licensing

Effective 1 July 2025, NJ raised the tax on online casino GGR from 15% to 19.75% (and internet sports wagering from 13% to 19.75%, DFS from 10.5% to 19.75%) via the FY2026 budget bill A5803; Gov. Murphy had initially sought 25%.

New Jersey moved to restrict/ban unlicensed sweepstakes ('social casino') operators offering casino-style play.

iGO continued as an independent agency (12 May 2025) under the iGaming Ontario Act, 2024, ending its subsidiary relationship with the AGCO; national single-event/interprovincial questions continue to develop.

PGCB reported record annual gaming revenue with interactive gaming (iGaming) continuing strong growth; the 54% online-slots / 16% table-games iGaming tax rates were unchanged.

Continued legislative debate over taxing and regulating unlicensed 'skill games' and possible future online-tax changes, but iGaming rates remained as set as of 2026.

Rapid growth of domestic online e-Games prompting tighter advertising and responsible-gaming restrictions amid public concern

Planned privatisation of PAGCOR's own casino operations advancing, aiming to resolve the operator/regulator conflict

Authorization tax ~30% of GGR (min ~EUR 480,000) from 1 Aug 2025; self-exclusion register procedure (Order 79/2025) effective 17 June 2025

Online betting revenue surged, overtaking casinos, intensifying calls to regulate interactive gambling

National Gambling Amendment Bill / Remote Gambling Bill proposals under discussion to create a national interactive-gambling framework — not yet enacted

Safer-gambling rules under RD 176/2023 (intensive-player monitoring, mandatory limits) in force and being enforced.

Updated annual supervision fees (around SEK 264,000 per licence) applied from 1 January 2025.

Continued focus on channelisation and measures against unlicensed/offshore operators targeting Swedish consumers.

Statutory levy on operators (0.1%-1.1% of GGY; 1.1% for remote) commenced 6 April 2025; financial-risk / affordability checks being piloted under the 2023 White Paper

UK statutory RG levy came into force on 6 April 2025 (0.1%–1.1% of GGY, banded by sector).

51 of the 64 new PCI DSS v4.x requirements became mandatory on 31 March 2025 (current v4.0.1).

UK 'light-touch' financial-risk checks began 28 February 2025 (>£150 net loss in 30 days).

Australia banned online betting with credit cards from June 2024; seven rotating RG taglines mandatory since 30 March 2023.

Minimum gambling age for betting and casino products raised to 21, effective 1 September 2024.

SPA issued implementing ordinances (portarias) and granted the first federal authorisations for a 1 Jan 2025 start

2024 consolidation package raised the general gambling-tax rate from 23% to 30% (effective 1 Jan 2024) and increased the minimum per-machine tax; technical games remain at 35%

Rush Street/BetRivers relaunched online casino and launched mobile sports betting (January 2024)

Undisclosed paid content and fake reviews brought under the UK DMCC Act 2024.

EU AML package adopted May–June 2024 (AMLR 2024/1624, AMLD6 2024/1640, AMLA 2024/1620, seated in Frankfurt).

Gambling Regulation Act 2024 signed into law, establishing the GRAI

GSC adopted an updated enforcement policy (June 2024) emphasising civil penalties and public disclosures; increased enforcement activity since.

Storting adopted DNS-blocking powers (May 2024) to reinforce the monopoly against offshore operators; ongoing EU/EEA scrutiny of the model

President Marcos banned all POGOs (July 2024); operations to cease by 31 December 2024

Online casino launched 1 March 2024 via Bally's - the newest US iCasino state at launch

GEO 80/2024 and related measures tightened local-presence and B2B compliance obligations

Constitutional Court (April 2024) annulled parts of advertising decree RD 958/2020, easing some sponsorship/advertising restrictions.

Spain: April 2024 Supreme Court ruling 527/2024 partially annulled parts of Royal Decree 958/2020.

Gambling tax raised from 18% to 22% of gross gambling revenue effective 1 July 2024; industry (BOS) warned it could pressure channelisation toward unlicensed operators.

WLA-SCS:2024 edition published (October 2024).

UK domestic PEPs recalibrated to a lower-risk baseline than foreign PEPs from 10 January 2024.

ROFUS onsite betting-shop identity checks introduced from 1 October 2023.

UK crypto Travel Rule in force from 1 September 2023 (MLR Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2022).

BetStop national self-exclusion register launched; customer pre-verification ('customer ID') requirements strengthened

Belgium near-total gambling-ad ban effective 1 July 2023 (Royal Decree 27 Feb 2023); stadium ads banned from 2025.

Law 14.790/2023 enacted (30 Dec 2023), setting the 'Bets' framework, 12% GGR tax and R$30m fee

Tax reform (Ley 2277 of 2022) and subsequent debate over applying VAT to online gambling

Government launched the reform to move from Veikkaus monopoly to a partial licensing system (October 2023)

iTech Labs acquired by GLI Group in May 2023 (continues under its own brand).

Combined penalty for AML and social-responsibility failures, including weak source-of-funds triggers and controls

Bill 55 (Gaming Act amendment) shields MGA licensees from enforcement in Malta of certain foreign judgments contrary to Malta's regime — controversial with other EU states

Netherlands untargeted gambling-ad ban in force 1 July 2023; sports sponsorship fully phased out by 1 July 2025.

New consolidated Gambling Act (pengespilloven) in force 1 January 2023, merging three earlier acts and codifying the exclusive-rights monopoly

OASIS brought under the new federal regulator GGL from 1 January 2023 (GlüStV 2021).

iGaming authorized (R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 42-61.3)

GEO 82/2023 overhauled the regime: higher fees, GGR-based authorization tax, larger guarantees and enforcement/blacklist measures

UK DAML reporting threshold raised from £250 to £1,000 (January 2023).

Record UK settlement for widespread anti-money-laundering and social-responsibility failings across the group's brands

UK CAP/BCAP 'strong appeal' to under-18s test in force from 1 October 2022.

AML and social-responsibility failings, including letting customers deposit up to £40,000 before source-of-funds checks

Then-largest UKGC penalty for AML and social-responsibility failures across online and land-based businesses

One of Malta's largest gaming AML fines, for breaches of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act following a 2019 inspection

PA 21-23 enacted; online casino and online sports betting launched 19 October 2021

First cohort of permanent online licences awarded; HGC continues tightening advertising, player-protection and self-exclusion rules

Online casino and online sports betting launched 22 January 2021

Single Customer View originated from a 2020 Gambling Commission challenge (ICO regulatory sandbox).

GAMSTOP registration became mandatory for GB-licensed operators on 31 March 2020.

UK whistle-to-whistle betting-ad ban effective 1 August 2019.

FIPS 140-3 approved March 2019, effective September 2019 (replaced FIPS 140-2).

Law 4635/2019 overhauled online gambling: permanent 7-year Type 1 (betting, EUR 3m) and Type 2 (other games, EUR 2m) licences and a 35% GGR tax

Lawful Internet Gaming Act (PA 152) and Lawful Sports Betting Act (PA 149) enacted

Lottery Interactive Wagering Act (art. 22E) enacted; online casino launched July 2020

Italy Dignity Decree gambling-ad ban from 14 July 2018; sponsorship ban from 1 January 2019.

Lottery Sports Wagering Act (art. 22D); retail and online sports betting launched

Interactive Gambling Amendment Act closed the in-play 'click-to-call' loophole and enabled ISP blocking of illegal offshore sites

Acuerdo 04 of 2016 regulated online games; first operators live 2017

Online casino and poker launched under the 2012 Gaming Competitiveness Act

Interactive online poker launched under AB 114 (Ultimate Poker Apr 2013; WSOP.com Sep 2013)

GLI acquired Technical Systems Testing (TST) in 2010 to build its interactive/iGaming testing arm.