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A three-month legalisation rumours are spreading across Russia. On 1 October, deputy finance minister Ivan Chebeskov spoke at the ERAI* forum “Gambling: deductions for sport”. He said the shadow online-casino sector is now comparable with the licensed bookmaker market. Players there have no protection, and the budget gets no tax and no sports deductions. *ERAI […]
Raids on Philippines became the largest after POGO ban, while offshore demand fell more than 20% YoY. On 2 October the Bureau of Immigration, with the NBI and the Armed Forces, raided two Zamboanga Sibugay sites tied to banned POGO work. Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado called the raids the largest POGO bust of 2026. The […]
Ten days into Brazil’s betting ban, the licensed market has lost its revenue and most of the search behind it. President Lula’s Provisional Measure 1,394 barred new deposits and bets on 25 September and orders licensed sites offline from 6 October. Blask has estimated what the pause has already cost Brazil’s licensed operators, and whether […]
Dhaka replaced an 1867 house-gambling ban with a statute that finally covers iGaming. On 1 July 2026 Bangladesh enacted the Gambling Prevention Act 2026, Act No. 98, and repealed the Public Gambling Act 1867. The 1867 text covered gambling houses and said nothing about a website, a mobile wallet, or a foreign-hosted sportsbook. Blask data […]
The Commission is charging licensed operators more for the licence itself. The Gambling Commission confirmed a headline 25% increase on 30 June 2026, after a DCMS consultation that ran from 27 January to 30 March 2026. New rules took effect on 1 October 2026. DCMS is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the UK […]
Paf sat down with Facebook over Swiss licence files. On 30 September, Paf chief business development officer Jesper Eliasson told an SBC Summit Lisbon panel that the company had that day agreed a Switzerland pilot with Facebook. Paf will share licence documents and URLs for operators and affiliates, so Meta can tell who may target […]
Oslo wants the state operator to take poker that now sits on unlicensed sites. On 29 September 2026 the Ministry of Culture and Equality opened a consultation on changes to the gambling regulation. The draft would give Norsk Tipping the exclusive right to offer online poker. Responses close on 29 November 2026. Norsk Tipping is […]
Online betting in Ireland is live. Casino licences and action against overseas illegal sites are delayed because the regulator is short of money. The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland told Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan it would stall remote-gaming licensing after Budget 2026 gave it €13.35M instead of the €26M it had asked for. In March […]
