Brazil's ban has already led to 3,500 layoffs in fourteen days
This figure represents 23 percent of the sector's workforce, and the association projects 5,600 departures within ninety days.
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Brazil raises to R$159 million the balance that must be returned to players
The AGU will sue eight platforms that failed to provide their bettors' data, and the government ordered 16,627 sites blocked within two weeks.
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Bonaerense El Gordo de Navidad will distribute AR$2.9 billion
A whole ticket costs AR$80,000 and is divided into ten shares, with a jackpot of AR$1.4 billion for the December 23rd draw.
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Ezugi adds an animated cockfighting tournament to its RNG catalog
The new title distributes individual odds among four characters per round and bases its mathematical model on two Evolution formats.
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Paraguay wants to replace Conajzar with an autonomous regulator
The 72-article bill establishes DINAJZAR as an autonomous entity, allocates 5 percent of national revenue to it, and limits concessions to ten years.
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Santa Fe reissues NoGarpa against adolescent gambling
The second phase of the campaign features debtor nicknames on sports jerseys and includes young athletes from six provincial federations.
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Brazil ordered over 13,000 illegal sites blocked in twelve days
The amendment period closed with at least 58 submissions, while the illicit offering is growing to over a thousand pages detected per day.
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The Buenos Aires mega-law would cut gaming sessions to 60 minutes
Article 6 mandates logging out after one hour of continuous play and blocking access for 24 hours when the user logs in for the third time in a day.
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AIEJA identifies over 60% of digital betting as illegal
The association is calling for a specific digital chapter that includes biometric age verification and algorithms capable of detecting anomalous patterns…
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Spain reopens consultation on its model for detecting at-risk gambling
The mechanism will use XGBoost based on 183 days of activity and prohibits reusing the categorization for commercial, advertising, or segmentation…
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YouTube will open its Masthead to certified casino ads
From October 21st, eligibility will no longer be limited to sports betting, as Google tightens its own certification system.
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Justice revokes Stake's operating permit in Brazil
The president of the TRF3 suspended the injunction that allowed it to operate until October 25th and warned that an individual exception would attract…
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Córdoba blocks over 2,000 illegal sites with a parental app
NoVa+ records approximately 5,000 blocks per month, and LUCA restricts access from Wi-Fi networks in schools and clubs across the province.
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PopOK Gaming launches Deus da Fortuna with progressive jackpot
The slot game plays on a 5x5 grid with pays anywhere, low volatility, an RTP of 96.74 percent, and a maximum win of 5,000x.
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Conalot unifies inspection and sanction criteria in Venezuela
The technical committee with the IOBPAs reviewed in-person and digital protocols, sanctioning powers, and the technological requirements for video lottery.
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Lottopar explains in a documentary how it audits its video lotteries
The piece describes terminals certified under the GLI 14 standard as a digital scratch card with results audited on a central server.
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Pragmatic Play adds a Halloween installment to its fishing saga
The player chooses from six pumpkins before the bonus and can start the round from the second multiplier level, with fish up to 1,000x.
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Centrão bets on easing the ban after the runoff
The industry warns that allowing only sports betting is insufficient, because online casino accounts for approximately 70 percent of the revenue.
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Peru closes six illegal venues and seizes 44 slot machines
In Huánuco, 41 computer systems used for unauthorized online sports betting were also seized, and machines targeting minors were discovered.
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Apple and Google remove betting apps from their stores in Brazil
The 15 applications that Globo Online had been tracking disappeared overnight, and searches for "bet" or "casino" now return games without real money…
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A bill seeks to ban online betting for child support debtors
Viviana Guzzo's initiative would prevent those registered in the Buenos Aires registry and their joint and several guarantors from opening accounts…
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PopOK Gaming launches Garuda Da Fortuna 1000 with x1000 cap
The Super Wild lands on the first three reels and can unlock up to eight gifts with multipliers, while the Ultra Bet mode increases volatility.
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Lottomatica and Cirsa take their merger to the November board meeting
Each Cirsa share is exchanged for 0.668 Lottomatica shares, and the resulting group pledges to distribute an additional EUR744m in capital.
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Mexican gaming law reform reaches its final stage
The document has passed the government's internal review and is now with the National Security Cabinet before reaching Congress.
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Bonaerense online gaming moves US$1.656m per month, according to Tignanelli
The companies retain approximately US$70 million in monthly gross profit, of which around US$50 million would exit the country, with 85 percent of the…
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Spain will require verification of card ownership for gambling
The payment method holder must match the gaming account holder. Anyone who fails to verify this within six months will have their account terminated and…
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Brazilian football takes gambling ban to the campaign
Flamengo will display the slogan "Prohibiting is not protecting" on the front of their jersey, and club officials have initiated political discussions…
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A Peruvian project aims to quintuple the ISC on gambling
The initiative would increase the rate from 1 to 5 percent of each wager and is projected to raise annual revenue from S/324m to S/1.620m.
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Spain changes responsible gambling notice to three warnings
Operators must disclose that the probability of losing money is 75 percent and that losses are four times greater than winnings.
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BGaming launches Divine Queen Power of Sun with x128 cap
The sequel to Heart of Ice combines cascading reels with doubling cell multipliers, a 97 percent RTP, and a 5,000x maximum win.
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Play'n GO launches Ghost Booster with a guaranteed minimum bonus
A meter that fills during the base game increases the Hold and Spin prize when the round concludes below the accumulated amount.
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Informa acquires Clarion Events, taking over ICE and iGB L!VE
The transaction with Blackstone amounts to GBP2.240m and transfers the WorldGaming business to a group targeting annual revenues of USD6.000m.
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Argentina's online gambling tax has already surpassed all of 2025
Revenue reached AR$123,856 million over nine months, with an estimated real growth of 42 percent and a peak in July due to the World Cup.
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Conajzar accumulates G. 176.907m until September with a 6.36% increase
September contributed G. 20.440m, a 2.3 percent increase year-on-year but 6.38 percent below August's record.
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A study estimates 15,500 jobs lost due to the ban
The LCA report for the IBJR details 42 activities completed, R$460m in direct salaries, and obligations that continue five years after closure.
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Estado de México collected US$65.2m in gambling taxes
Casinos contributed MX$539m and lotteries, raffles, and draws MX$633m, with a decline in both segments during 2025.
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The betting MP adds 48 amendments and a deadline until the 13th
Most of the proposals aim to separate sports betting from online casinos, a position supported by Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of the runoff election.
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Ecuador to use Palantir technology to monitor betting
UAFE will deploy the platform from January 2027, and the Government ruled out following Brazil's path toward prohibition.
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FEJA blocks seven illegal online casinos in the City
Some of the platforms used names similar to those of licensed operators and then redirected users to unlicensed sites.
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DGOJ accesses WHOIS to track .es gambling domains
The agreement with Red.es will allow it to view domain registrations and holders, and detect imitations of licensed operators and access to unlicensed…
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Ferraresi proposes blocking betting on young people's cell phones
The pre-candidate for governor of Buenos Aires province added online gaming to the electoral agenda while the Legislature discusses a comprehensive…
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Lula's campaign concludes that the ban cost him votes
A survey showed 70 percent support for the measure and 63 percent of voters for whom the issue did not influence their vote.
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Unauthorized betting traffic in Chile grows 28%
Seventeen unlicensed operators saw visits increase from 19.5 to 24.9 million in one year and account for 81 percent of the measured traffic.
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San Juan prepares five online licenses and a regional registry
The Social Action Fund finalizes the regulation of the digital market and is negotiating with Mendoza and San Luis to cross-reference self-exclusion…
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Brazil shuts down regulated market with US$260m unwithdrawn
Banks will automatically refund the balances between October 9 and 14, and 1 percent of the accounts hold 80 percent of the funds.
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Panama wants to criminalize illegal lottery
Two draft bills aim to penalize overpricing and matched betting, and to replace decrees from 1969 and 1970, in response to annual losses of up to US$300…
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Dominican Republic enacts its gaming law and appoints Tabar to the DGJA
Betting operators were granted five-year licenses, casinos will only be permitted to operate in four-star hotels or higher, and the new regulator begins…
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SBC Awards 2026 distribute 39 awards at MEO Arena in Lisbon
Kaizen Gaming, Pragmatic Play, Sportradar, and BetConstruct AI each took home two awards at the thirteenth edition of the awards.
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