Regulation & Law

Brazil’s newly imposed prohibition on online gambling has been followed by a sharp increase in the number of detected illegal betting websites, intensifying concerns about the scale of the country’s unregulated market as authorities move to shut down licensed operators. Data gathered by Bet Legal,…

The UK Gambling Commission will go forward with the implementation of a revised compliance framework for land-based gaming machines. Changes are based on a consultation paper launched last year that collected a total of 1,065 responses. The topics covered included the Gaming Machine Technical Stand…

Announced at the company’s third annual HOOD Summit in Houston, Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) will be the first retail broker to offer Cboe Global Markets (BATS: CBOE) event contracts linked to corporate earnings reports and other data points. Pending regulatory approval, Cboe said the new deriv…

VICI Properties, an owner and acquirer of experiential real estate assets across leading gaming, hospitality, entertainment and leisure destinations, has signed a new Canada-facing deal covering two racetracks. According to a company spokesperson, this arrangement aligns with VICI’s commitment to s…

The United Kingdom’s Gambling Commission (UKGC) has unveiled new gaming machine standards that have been designed to make the vertical safer and fairer. The changes come after consultations concerning the 2023 Gambling Act Review White Paper. The UKGC Wants to Make Gaming Safer and More Transparent…

Some of the gaming industry's most influential executives used G2E 2026 on Tuesday to address a business landscape being reshaped on several fronts, from shifting Las Vegas visitation and multibillion-dollar international developments to M&A, public-market pressures and an escalating confrontation…

Federal investigators have accused James “Jimmy the Greek” Gerodemos of taking threatening videos in churches with lit candles and sending the videos to gamblers who owed his clandestine operations money. “I say to them to die,” Jimmy the Greek would add in his video, explaining that he was shootin…

The operator behind Pennsylvania’s dominant line of skill games, which have become commonplace in thousands of small businesses, says the machines will be turned off next month. Pennsylvania-based Miele Manufacturing is the distributor of Pennsylvania Skill. The cabinets are the most common skill g…

X Corp. has accused crypto gambling entrepreneur Ossi Ketola and Duel.com of repeatedly bribing its employees and contractors as part of an elaborate campaign to seize valuable usernames, restore suspended accounts, and target rivals and critics. The explosive allegations are contained in a lawsuit…

Brazil’s National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) and the Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR) have renewed their request for Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Luiz Fux to suspend Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting in the country. The second…

On September 25, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a provisional measure which bans fixed-odds betting including sports betting and online casino. The Provisional Measure (MP) 1.394 was published on September 25. The MP terminates federal and state fixed-odds betting authorization…

The fifth edition of SOFTSWISS’ iGaming Trends Reports has been expanded to include the market size of sectors outside of gambling to prove iGaming’s economic footprint. Surveying over 500 experts and diving deeper into more than 480,000 media headlines, the new study represents the biggest researc…

A new More in Common UK poll has gauged public perception of the gambling industry. According to a recent survey conducted by the think tank, the gambling industry does not inspire trust in the public. Only 25% of respondents said they had confidence in the industry, just 4% more than those who tru…

After recently seeking to protect vulnerable consumers in New Jersey from targeted advertising that could compound their gambling issues, state lawmakers are now looking into a bipartisan bill that would change the way underage gambling violations are handled at casinos and simulcasting facilities.…

Alberta’s regulated iGaming market has moved from launch hype to live sporting action. The opening 2026 NFL games are now in the books. After going live on July 13, 2026, the province’s private-sector sportsbooks entered the NFL season with over 50 licensed brands in the pipeline and more than two…

The SBC News team are live on the ground for the second day of the SBC Summit. Stay tuned to this blog for the latest updates from the SBC News team on the ground at Lisbon – Ted Orme-Claye, Patrick Killeen and Ted Menmuir – as well as our colleagues at iGaming Expert. 10am: No, […]

Assen Vassilev, Chairman of Bulgaria’s opposition party We Continue the Change (PP), has called for changes in the latest proposal to reform Bulgaria’s Gambling Act, warning that several “loopholes” could undermine its intended purpose of limiting gambling advertising. On 23 September, Prime Minist…

Malta’s revised VAT and gaming tax frameworks for the gaming sector come into effect tomorrow, 1 October 2026, marking the…