Regulation & Law

After the Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a provisional measure of betting ban in the country on September 25, 141% increase was identified in creating illegal platforms. The Bet Legal platform reported that nearly 415 new illegal betting sites were opened after the publication…

Gaming technology provider FIRST.bet has launched its sportsbook engine with Argentine operator group Grupo Slots, with the technology now powering the online betting offering of its Jugadon brand. The partnership expands FIRST.bet’s presence in Argentina’s regulated online betting sector, followin…

TikTok Shop has also tightened its rules on gambling and randomized sales, limiting how sellers can run trading card breaks in the US. TikTok Expands Restrictions on Randomized Card Breaks Since May, the platform has revised its Gambling Policy a number of times. The new rules only permit random te…

Credit and market research provider CreditSights Inc says it “does not rule out” the possibility of “tighter regulatory scrutiny remaining an overhang” for the Macau gaming sector, mainly by dampening sentiment in the VIP segment. Tighter scrutiny was “likely to have a more secondary effect, i.e.,…

Brazil’s ban on fixed-odds betting and online casinos has triggered legal and fiscal concerns, while data indicate a sharp increase in illegal betting sites following the announcement of Provisional Measure No. 1.394/2026. Monitoring platform Bet Legal identified 428 new illegal betting sites betwe…

Demand for online gaming in Brazil fell by 20.1 percent week-on-week following the government’s decision to prohibit fixed-odds sports betting and online games nationwide, according to data from artificial intelligence (AI)-driven market analytics platform Blask. The decline in the firm’s Blask Ind…

Brazil's Blask Index fell 20.1% WoW after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Medida Provisória 1.394 on Sept 25, banning fixed-odds sports betting and online games nationwide. The post Brazil’s iGaming demand drops 20.1% after nationwide online betting ban first appeared on Asia Gaming News…

Private investment firm the Visualize Group, which in March clinched the acquisition of BMM Testlabs, a specialist in product compliance testing for the gaming sector, said in a Monday update it had completed its previously-announced deal for eCOGRA. The latter is a United Kingdom-based provider of…

Genius Sports Limited, a global leader in real-time sports data and technology, acknowledges the Brazilian government’s Provisional Measure, introduced on September 25, 2026, which bans fixed-odds betting and online gaming in the country. The post Genius Sports reaffirms 2026 guidance amid Brazil b…

The Visualize Group has completed its previously announced acquisition of eCOGRA, a leading provider of testing, inspection, certification and compliance (TICC) services to the regulated gaming industry. The post Visualize unites BMM Testlabs and eCOGRA to create global gaming TICC leader first app…

Australian casino giant Crown Resorts is suing an insurer it claims should help cover an A$72.5 million shareholder class-action settlement linked to its money laundering and governance scandals. Crown filed the lawsuit against RiverStone International in the Supreme Court of Victoria, accusing the…

Spectrum Gaming Group has announced the appointment of Tim Miller, former Executive Director of the United Kingdom Gambling Commission and founder of GamReg Consulting, as an independent Senior Regulatory Advisor. The post Spectrum Gaming Group appoints former UKGC executive director Tim Miller as…

Philippines-listed online gaming operator DigiPlus Interactive Corp says Brazil’s newly-announced ban on online gaming and sports betting is unlikely to have a material impact on the group, less than three months after it relaunched operations in the Latin American country. In a statement sent to G…

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has written to five of the world’s biggest online platforms to demand they stop advertising sweepstakes casinos to state residents. Uthmeier sent near-identical letters to Google (which owns YouTube), Meta (Facebook), Reddit, Snap (Snapchat), and TikTok on Se…

Arizona’s attorney general, Kris Mayes, has petitioned the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an earlier ruling that barred the state from pursuing legal action against prediction platform Kalshi. Mayes argues that a similar Nevada case confirmed that states can regulate sports-related pre…

Florida’s attorney general James Uthmeier has sent letters to Google, Meta, Reddit, Snap, and TikTok, asking about advertisements for online sweepstakes casinos that his office claims are operating illegally in the state. Uthmeier has given the companies until October 23 to disclose the measures th…

The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), and other fraternal and social organizations in Pennsylvania are calling on state lawmakers in Harrisburg to protect charitable gaming. Uniting as PlayPA for Charity, the nonprofits are seeking the authorization of electronic pull-tabs in the wak…

Jumpman Gaming, a Super Group-owned business describing itself as a leading innovator in iGaming, has scored a major triumph as the UK’s Upper Tribunal ruled in the company’s favor in a dispute with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). HMRC Claimed That Jumpman Owed Millions in Taxes Jumpman Gaming had bee…