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Peru Bill Would Tax Each Online Bet at 5%Peru has not raised its online betting tax. It has a bill, and in this business that distinction is the clause everyone skims and the one that matters.
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Brazil Judge Keeps Stake Brasil OnlineA federal court in São Paulo has, for now, kept Stake Brasil in business.
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Denmark’s Duty-of-Care BetA bill set for debate on 22 October 2026 would widen operator duties and ad limits in Denmark.
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Sportradar Sells Atrium Sports for $170mSportradar is divesting the Atrium Sports unit while holding onto what it describes as the operation's core technology assets.
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Finland's Top Court Rules for the Professional GamblerFinland's Supreme Administrative Court in Helsinki has ruled that a professional gambler's losses are tax-deductible, a decision that lands just months before the country's regulated online market opens.
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$34 Million in One MonthU.S. casino regulators collected $34 million in AML and KYC fines in September 2026 alone, according to figures cited at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
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Balkan Gaming Federation Elects First PresidentSix months after a Belgrade memorandum created the bloc on paper, the Balkan Gaming Federation has installed its first operational leadership, with Dragan Skrbić elected as president.
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Brazil Bans Betting. The Market Disagrees.Data from Bet Legal and Blask show unauthorized domains multiplying and offshore search demand rising within days of Brazil's prohibition taking effect.
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DraftKings Sued Over AI Targeting of Vulnerable PlayersA proposed Massachusetts class action alleges DraftKings used artificial intelligence to identify and market to customers showing signs of problem gambling.
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Brazil's Health System Takes Operators to CourtA federal judge in Pernambuco has ordered Brazil's government to document, within 30 days, how 17 licensed betting operators caused quantifiable harm to the national health service.
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Brazil Bans the Sector It Just BuiltProvisional Measure 1,394/2026 orders an immediate halt to fixed-odds betting and digital casino operations, less than two years after Brazil completed its regulatory framework for the sector.
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New Zealand Auctions 15 Casino LicencesThe Department of Internal Affairs has opened bidding for online casino licences while releasing draft technical standards operators must meet to keep them.
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Brazil Banned Online Betting. The Black Market Answered in Days.President Lula's Provisional Measure 1,394 shut licensed operators out of one of the world's fastest-growing gambling markets; more than 415 unlicensed sites filled the gap within 72 hours, according to monitoring platform Bet Legal.
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Brazil Bans It All: Lula Just Torched the Playbook, Law, Business & Power Correspondent --- $2.
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Ontario Cashes In: AI Is Rewriting Who WinsiGaming Ontario's August numbers landed with the kind of weight that makes regulators in other jurisdictions quietly update their spreadsheets.
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Brazil Bets Against Itself: Lula Moves to Ban TigrinhoBrazil's government is considering banning online casino games — specifically the slot-style games known locally as "tigrinho" — and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made the crackdown a centrepiece of his reelection positioning.
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DraftKings Smells Blood: NFL Money Is BackBut the more revealing figure was the $47 million in taxable sports betting revenue generated alongside it — a number that represents only what survived the deduction process.
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Lula Pulls the Pin: Brazil Just Became DangerousFlutter Entertainment has spent years mapping the Brazilian market like a general studying terrain before an invasion.
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New York's $5 Billion Week: The Industry Built a Perfect Trap$5 billion.
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Ireland's Tax Trap: Operators Brace for Budget PainThe government in Dublin is reportedly weighing a hike in gambling tax as part of the 2027 budget process, and operators are doing what operators always do when they smell the legislative wind shifting — they're lobbying hard and calling it concern.
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Brazil Judge Keeps Stake Brasil OnlineA federal court in São Paulo has, for now, kept Stake Brasil in business.
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Denmark’s Duty-of-Care BetA bill set for debate on 22 October 2026 would widen operator duties and ad limits in Denmark.
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Sportradar Sells Atrium Sports for $170mSportradar is divesting the Atrium Sports unit while holding onto what it describes as the operation's core technology assets.
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Finland's Top Court Rules for the Professional GamblerFinland's Supreme Administrative Court in Helsinki has ruled that a professional gambler's losses are tax-deductible, a decision that lands just months before the country's regulated online market opens.
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$34 Million in One MonthU.S. casino regulators collected $34 million in AML and KYC fines in September 2026 alone, according to figures cited at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
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Balkan Gaming Federation Elects First PresidentSix months after a Belgrade memorandum created the bloc on paper, the Balkan Gaming Federation has installed its first operational leadership, with Dragan Skrbić elected as president.
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Brazil Bans Betting. The Market Disagrees.Data from Bet Legal and Blask show unauthorized domains multiplying and offshore search demand rising within days of Brazil's prohibition taking effect.
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DraftKings Sued Over AI Targeting of Vulnerable PlayersA proposed Massachusetts class action alleges DraftKings used artificial intelligence to identify and market to customers showing signs of problem gambling.
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Brazil's Health System Takes Operators to CourtA federal judge in Pernambuco has ordered Brazil's government to document, within 30 days, how 17 licensed betting operators caused quantifiable harm to the national health service.
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Brazil Bans the Sector It Just BuiltProvisional Measure 1,394/2026 orders an immediate halt to fixed-odds betting and digital casino operations, less than two years after Brazil completed its regulatory framework for the sector.
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New Zealand Auctions 15 Casino LicencesThe Department of Internal Affairs has opened bidding for online casino licences while releasing draft technical standards operators must meet to keep them.
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Brazil Banned Online Betting. The Black Market Answered in Days.President Lula's Provisional Measure 1,394 shut licensed operators out of one of the world's fastest-growing gambling markets; more than 415 unlicensed sites filled the gap within 72 hours, according to monitoring platform Bet Legal.
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Brazil Bans It All: Lula Just Torched the Playbook, Law, Business & Power Correspondent --- $2.
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Ontario Cashes In: AI Is Rewriting Who WinsiGaming Ontario's August numbers landed with the kind of weight that makes regulators in other jurisdictions quietly update their spreadsheets.
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Brazil Bets Against Itself: Lula Moves to Ban TigrinhoBrazil's government is considering banning online casino games — specifically the slot-style games known locally as "tigrinho" — and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made the crackdown a centrepiece of his reelection positioning.
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DraftKings Smells Blood: NFL Money Is BackBut the more revealing figure was the $47 million in taxable sports betting revenue generated alongside it — a number that represents only what survived the deduction process.
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Lula Pulls the Pin: Brazil Just Became DangerousFlutter Entertainment has spent years mapping the Brazilian market like a general studying terrain before an invasion.
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New York's $5 Billion Week: The Industry Built a Perfect Trap$5 billion.
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Ireland's Tax Trap: Operators Brace for Budget PainThe government in Dublin is reportedly weighing a hike in gambling tax as part of the 2027 budget process, and operators are doing what operators always do when they smell the legislative wind shifting — they're lobbying hard and calling it concern.