A prioritised timeline of confirmed deadlines, licensing transitions, newly effective rules and enforcement signals, each connected to its primary source and the team most likely to act.
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A large group of betting and online-casino licences expires at the end of 2026. The regulator says complete renewal applications for licences expiring on 31 December should be filed by 1 September because indicative processing takes about three months.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
Remote-gambling licences are time-limited. The KSA says the first licences issued for the 2021 market opening expire from October 2026 and require a fresh application under the 2026 policy rules rather than an automatic extension.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
After reviewing operators’ 2026 promotional strategies, the ANJ reported budget growth above 25% and asked operators not to exceed their declared budgets during the football World Cup, signalling active scrutiny of advertising pressure and vulnerable audiences.
What teams should check
Audit campaigns, affiliates, targeting, creative, warnings and approval workflows before activation.
ADM publishes the current blocked-site file and introduced a new redirect endpoint in April 2026. During the transition, both the new endpoint and the former static IP remain active, making the dated ADM file the safer enforcement reference.
What teams should check
Assess exposure, keep supporting records and decide whether changes or market withdrawal are needed.
Gespa states that prediction-market contracts generally fall within gambling and specifically betting. Only sports-event betting is eligible for authorisation in Switzerland, and the online sports-betting monopoly remains with Swisslos and Loterie Romande.
What teams should check
Recheck the permitted product scope before launch, distribution or commercial promotion.
GRAI remote-betting licences began on 1 July 2026. Licensees are subject to age verification, payment-of-winnings duties, ongoing monitoring, sanctions and enforcement against unlicensed activity.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
From 17 July 2026, betting advertising must display one of the Ministry of Finance risk warnings clearly and legibly across at least 10% of the advert. Advertising aimed at minors or promoting unauthorised platforms is prohibited.
What teams should check
Audit campaigns, affiliates, targeting, creative, warnings and approval workflows before activation.
Spelpaus excludes a player from all registered gambling with every Swedish licensee. Since 1 August 2026, licensees performing mandatory checks must use their unique connection credentials and the API that matches the purpose of the check.
What teams should check
Review account flows, player limits, intervention rules, exclusion checks and record keeping.
Banks must stop known unauthorised gambling payments
Key timingKey date passed 12 days ago
20 Aug 2026
Norwegian banks and payment institutions must stop deposits and payouts they know are connected to gambling without Norwegian permission. The duty covers foreign card transactions coded MCC 7995 and concealed routes through third-party processors; it applies even when the regulator has not issued a named account order.
What teams should check
Assess exposure, keep supporting records and decide whether changes or market withdrawal are needed.
The FGB published a new unauthorised-online-games list on 25 August 2026. Its accompanying official chart records 3,567 blocked domains. This is negative domain-level evidence, not a count of licensed or active operators.
What teams should check
Assess exposure, keep supporting records and decide whether changes or market withdrawal are needed.
Gespa replaced its 11 June blocklist with a new 25 August 2026 edition. Swiss internet providers must apply DNS blocking to the listed domains; absence from the list is not proof that a site is authorised.
What teams should check
Assess exposure, keep supporting records and decide whether changes or market withdrawal are needed.
The Danish Gambling Authority has opened applications for land-based casino licences of up to ten years. Complete application material must reach the authority by 3 November 2026 or it will not be considered in this round.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
The draft notified to the European Commission on 4 August 2026 proposes an open online-concession procedure, a central cross-operator deposit limit, payment blocking, blacklisting and network blocking. A three-month standstill applies before the law can be adopted.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
Licensed status does not remove compliance supervision
Key timing75 days remaining
15 Nov 2026
In June 2026 the authority ordered Norsk Tipping to correct the mandatory one-hour break in KongKasino by 15 November 2026, backed by a conditional NOK 15,000 daily coercive fine from 16 November. The fine has not started. The case shows why operator authorisation and ongoing product compliance must be checked separately.
What teams should check
Review account flows, player limits, intervention rules, exclusion checks and record keeping.
From 1 December 2026, a provider must cease online-casino operations unless it operated when the Act commenced and has submitted a full licence application. A qualifying applicant may continue without advertising only until its decision or 1 June 2027, whichever comes first. A declined applicant must exit.
What teams should check
Assess exposure, keep supporting records and decide whether changes or market withdrawal are needed.
A domain entered in the public illegal-gambling register must be blocked by Polish internet providers within 48 hours. Payment providers must stop serving that website within 30 days. This is negative domain-level evidence and is not a substitute for the positive legal-operator list.
What teams should check
Assess exposure, keep supporting records and decide whether changes or market withdrawal are needed.
ADM completed the award procedure for remote gambling concessions under Article 6 of Legislative Decree 41/2024 on 17 September 2025. The tender documentation and award decision remain the primary evidence layer for the market’s concession transition.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
Verify the official mark, permission and exact product
Key timingIn force for 181 days
4 Mar 2026
Since March 2026, every operator permitted to offer gambling online in Norway should display Spillmerket on its website or app. Use the mark as a starting point, then confirm the organisation and permission in Pengespillregisteret. A permission for bingo, a lottery or a poker tournament does not prove authority for online casino or sports betting.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
Since 1 May 2026, licensees and gambling agents may neither allow nor facilitate credit-funded gambling and must take appropriate steps to prevent it across every licensable gambling form and distribution channel.
What teams should check
Review account flows, player limits, intervention rules, exclusion checks and record keeping.
The National Police Board reported 50 applications by 8 June 2026, most from foreign applicants. The 2026 processing fee is €29,000 per application and the authority estimated about six months for processing. It did not name the applicants, so the total cannot be used to label individual brands as licensed.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
The current operator-level limits are €600 daily, €1,500 weekly and €3,000 monthly. A new cross-operator system with €700 daily, €1,750 weekly and €3,300 per four weeks is scheduled to apply from 25 March 2027.
What teams should check
Review account flows, player limits, intervention rules, exclusion checks and record keeping.
Until 30 June 2027, Veikkaus Oy retains the exclusive right to organise and market gambling in mainland Finland. Other services targeting Finland remain prohibited during this transition.
What teams should check
Review market size, available partners and the planned entry date.
Applications have been accepted since 2 March 2026, but services and marketing under the new system cannot begin before 1 July 2027. An application therefore proves neither approval nor commercial availability; a gambling licence may be granted for no more than five years.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
The July register covers remote betting only. GRAI states that further categories, including gaming, lotteries, B2B and charitable licences, will open through 2027 and 2028; existing bodies continue for sectors not yet commenced.
What teams should check
Review market size, available partners and the planned entry date.
The Act provides for a National Gambling Exclusion Register, but GRAI describes the central system as being developed. Atlas does not present it as operational until the regulator confirms launch.
What teams should check
Review account flows, player limits, intervention rules, exclusion checks and record keeping.
The expression-of-interest window closed on 14 August and submissions are now under assessment. DIA expects an auction in September and full applications from October. Up to 15 single-brand licences may eventually be issued, but an accepted EOI or successful auction bid is only a route to apply, not a licence.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
DIA plans a public register and a registration icon after licences are granted. Neither exists as current positive licence evidence, and DIA has not published a total or public list of accepted EOI participants. Atlas therefore lists no online-casino licensees during the assessment stage.
What teams should check
Confirm eligibility, evidence requirements, local entity needs and application sequencing.
Choose markets and operators for the founding alert list. Personalised automation remains in beta; every conclusion stays tied to the reviewed source record.
The Radar only includes changes linked to an official source. Proposals remain marked as transitions until the authority confirms the law or effective date.
Editorial information only, not legal advice. Operator status can differ by product, domain and location. Commercial relationships are labelled and will never override regulatory status.