Coverage desk · 11 files
Advertising, affiliates & platforms
Influencers, affiliates, app stores and advertising rules, including where platform responsibility begins and ends.
Source-checked reporting
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Name + number + shirt
A recognisable reference can count even when the athlete is absent
Netherlands · Gambling advertising
Dutch regulator intervenes over Mbappé name and shirt-number gambling ads
The Ksa says Betcity and TOTO Winkel breached the role-model advertising ban without showing the footballer; the ads were removed without a published fine.
Open the Watch file3 × €225,000 = €675,000
A collection decision does not prove the money was recovered
Netherlands · Illegal advertising
Dutch regulator moves to collect €675,000 from three companies tied to illegal casino ads
The Ksa says three CasinoScout-linked companies each forfeited €225,000 and did not pay, but all three have objected to the collection decisions.
Open the Watch file€10,000 → €6,000 paid
The sanction concerned links to an unlicensed operator
Spain · Creator affiliates
Spain fines Zona Gemelos company over links promoting unlicensed operator Locowin
Make Money Now paid €6,000 after accepting responsibility for links and messages promoting Locowin across Instagram, Kick, X and Discord.
Open the Watch fileFirst ACMA influencer action
A formal warning, not a financial penalty
Australia · Influencers
ACMA issues its first influencer enforcement action over Jamie Mullarkey gambling promotion
ACMA formally warned Jamie Mullarkey over sponsored Instagram posts linking to an illegal offshore gambling service.
Open the Watch fileParliament passed · commencement pending
Advertising, inducements, payments and self-exclusion move together
Australia · reform
Australia passes broad gambling reforms on sports ads, celebrities and online keno
Australia's Parliament has passed a gambling-reform bill covering sports advertising, influencer promotions, online targeting and payment blocking.
Open the Watch fileOperators · creators · platforms
Authorisation checks move upstream in the ad chain
Brazil · advertising
Brazil's betting-ad rule reaches creators, affiliates, platforms and app stores
Portaria 73 requires advertiser checks and targets links, promo codes, easy-money claims and betting content shown to minors.
Open the Watch fileCOP116m · appeal open
The amount is clear; finality is not
Colombia · influencer promotion
Coljuegos fines influencer Yeferson Cossio COP116m over Instagram promotion
Colombia's gambling authority says an unauthorised promotional game led to a fine, a five-year future ban and two remaining appeal routes.
Open the Watch file50+ submissions
Influencers, promotions and search results enter the same legislative file
Spain · digital advertising
Spain is putting influencers, sign-up offers and Google results into one gambling-law rewrite
After more than 50 submissions, Spain's regulator is discussing identity checks, famous faces, promotions and search visibility before drafting a bill.
Open the Watch file5% Facebook · 3% TikTok
A familiar feed can lower scrutiny before payment
Great Britain · social media
Illegal raffles can look like TikTok LIVE - UK research maps the payment trail
Paid-entry social raffles can feel casual and credible because trust is built through hosts, comments and live draws rather than licences.
Open the Watch fileOne link · DKK 20,000
The publisher was fined for facilitating access
Denmark · Affiliate links
A single article linking to GG.bet cost Danish publisher ACR Teknik DKK 20,000
Denmark fined publisher ACR Teknik DKK 20,000 after an article linked readers to GG.bet, an operator without a Danish gambling licence.
Open the Watch fileLicence + age checks
The install button is becoming a regulatory control point
Brazil · App stores
Brazil asks Google and Apple to explain betting-app age and licence checks
Brazilian ministries asked Google and Apple to explain age controls, licence validation and monitoring for betting apps. The process is not a sanction.
Open the Watch file