Coverage desk · 15 files
Licensing & regulatory change
Licence openings, market reforms and regulatory rules, with proposed changes kept separate from law already in force.
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2,240 pages · 85 processes
The archive now documents authorisations from before the shutdown measure
Brazil · historical licence files
Brazil's 2,240-page betting authorisation archive is now a historical record after MP 1.394
Brazil's SPA still publishes 582 documents from 85 former fixed-odds authorisation processes, but MP 1.394/2026 now governs a nationwide shutdown transition.
Open the Watch file94 tasks
A detailed plan without a representative national baseline
Ukraine · harm strategy
Ukraine approved 94 gambling-harm tasks without a national prevalence baseline
Ukraine's strategy runs to 2035 and assigns 94 tasks for 2027 to 2029, but its own evidence base lacks a representative national harm estimate.
Open the Watch file2 categories excluded
Sports and entertainment leave the dealer route; other contracts remain under review
Canada · prediction markets
CSA and CIRO reject dealer route for sports and entertainment event contracts
Canadian securities regulators say sports and entertainment event contracts do not belong in their regime. That is not a nationwide gambling ban.
Open the Watch file47 responses · 25% chosen
The final headline increase was not a consultation option
United Kingdom · funding
Gambling Commission fee changes take effect after UK selects a 25% headline rise
The new Great Britain fee tables are effective from 1 October 2026, with a 25% headline increase and category-specific exceptions.
Open the Watch file15 licences · 1 December exit
Screening completed; auction and licence outcomes require documents
New Zealand · licensing
New Zealand completes online-casino screening; auction outcome remains unconfirmed
DIA says all expressions of interest were assessed and auction invitees notified. Its timetable set 29 September, but the cited record does not identify winners or licence awards.
Open the Watch file50 applications · €29,000 each
June application count; competitive launch remains 1 July 2027
Finland · market opening
Finland drew 50 licence applications before its gambling market even opens
Finland reported 50 applications in June. The fee remains €29,000, while current guidance gives a six-to-eight-month target before the July 2027 launch.
Open the Watch file3 declared offers
Tradeable digital rewards enter a purpose-built regulatory experiment
France · Web3 gaming
France's JONUM list now names CYLIMIT, Sorare and MFL
France's three-year Web3 gaming trial now lists three declared JONUM offers, while a declaration receipt still does not certify compliance.
Open the Watch file35 register results
The regulator's register now decides what can be verified
Ireland · licensing
Ireland's first remote betting licences are live - the GRAI register is now the proof point
Ireland has moved from applications to issued remote betting licences. The GRAI register was updated on 21 September and currently returns 35 results.
Open the Watch file0 licensing routes
Territorial access still decides the case
Germany · prediction markets
Germany says political and social prediction markets cannot be licensed
Germany's GGL says political, social and economic prediction markets are not licensable gambling, while effective geoblocking changes the territorial test.
Open the Watch file1 domain · 2 controls
Access and payments targeted separately
Lithuania · prediction markets
Lithuania blocks Polymarket and orders payment firms to cut off Adventure One
Lithuania's gambling regulator says a court authorised access blocking and payment disruption against Polymarket operator Adventure One QSS.
Open the Watch file9 regulators · 1 warning
Sponsorship legality is territorial
Europe · prediction markets
Nine European regulators put prediction-market partnerships on notice
Nine regulators warned sports bodies about prediction markets; Germany has now set a national licensing boundary and Lithuania has blocked Polymarket.
Open the Watch file1 October 2027 · proposed opening
The notified draft is not enacted law
Austria · draft reform
Austria's draft would open online gambling licences from October 2027
Austria has sent a multi-licence online gambling draft into EU review, alongside central exclusions, deposit limits and payment blocking.
Open the Watch file3 remarks · 2 warnings
One review produced two different levels of regulatory action
Sweden · physical lotteries
Sweden closes five lottery reviews with three remarks and two fee-backed warnings
The regulator found ticket-information and technical-rule failures, but its summary does not publish the two sanction-fee amounts.
Open the Watch file2 regulators · one formal channel
Gaming and financial supervision now share a route for coordination
UAE · regulatory cooperation
The UAE gaming regulator now has a formal information channel with Abu Dhabi finance
A new GCGRA-FSRA agreement covers supervisory coordination, investigations and information exchange where commercial gaming meets finance.
Open the Watch file29 July · rule live
Immediate removal begins with written regulatory notice
Great Britain · machines
Britain's new machine rule can trigger immediate removal - but only after written notice
A new licence condition now requires land-based operators to remove specified non-compliant gaming machines after written Gambling Commission notification.
Open the Watch file