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Regulation · Europe
Financial-risk and affordability interventions are spreading across Europe in incompatible forms — stake limits in the UK, cross-operator deposit caps in Spain, credit bans in Sweden and youth loss limits in France — with no common template.
Regulation · Tax
The Remote Gaming Duty rise confirmed for April 2026 nearly doubles the tax on online casino gross gaming yield, landing on top of a new statutory levy and tighter stake limits.
Regulation · Spain
Spain already runs one of Europe's strictest advertising regimes; from June 2026 the DGOJ adds cross-operator joint deposit limits and mandates AI-driven risk detection, reshaping how operators can acquire and retain players.
Regulation · Italy
Italy awarded 52 nine-year online concessions at €7 million each in 2025, abolished the old 'skins' model and lifted GGR tax rates — consolidating the market around operators able to write a large upfront cheque.
Regulation · LatAm
Twelve months after Brazil's regulated betting and iGaming market opened, first-year figures show a market that has already become one of the largest new regulated markets in the world.
Regulation · Ireland
Ireland's first dedicated gambling regulator opened in March 2025 and issues its first remote-betting licences from July 2026 — the start of a phased rollout that will not reach online gaming until 2027 and beyond.
Regulation · Nordics
Finland is ending the Veikkaus monopoly on online casino and betting and moving to a licensing model from 2027 — the last major Nordic market to open up.
Regulation · UAE
The United Arab Emirates issued its first commercial online gaming and sports-wagering licences in late 2025, with platforms now operational — but the federal regulator has published no gaming tax and much of the fiscal frame remains unknown.
Regulation · Curaçao
The LOK, in force since December 2024, scrapped Curaçao's master-and-sub-licence system in favour of direct B2C and B2B licences from a new Gaming Authority — remaking the world's most-used offshore gaming base.
Regulation · United States
America regulates online gambling one state at a time — a split that leaves online casino legal in seven states, online betting in around thirty, and a widening set of federal-versus-state fights over sweepstakes and prediction markets.
Regulation · Canada
The AGCO–iGaming Ontario conduct-and-manage model has matured into North America's benchmark open market — just as a court fight over international liquidity and Alberta's July 2026 launch reshape the Canadian landscape.
Regulation · Malta
The Malta Gaming Authority underpins a large share of the global supply chain through its Critical Gaming Supply licence, even as an EU infringement case over Bill 55 hangs over the jurisdiction.
Regulation · Sweden
Sweden's 2019 open-licence market added a B2B permit, a full ban on gambling on credit and a wider territorial scope — all while the industry argues its channelisation rate is slipping.
Regulation · Netherlands
The Netherlands pushed its gambling tax to 37.8% of GGR from January 2026, but the extra revenue never materialised — reviving a debate over whether the rise is now feeding the black market.
Regulation · Germany
Nationwide licences for virtual slots and sports betting exist, but a €1 stake cap, stake-based taxation and a broken blocking power leave Germany with a persistent channelisation problem.
Analysis of how online gambling is regulated worldwide — licensing regimes, tax reform, advertising and compliance rules, and the regulators driving them.
A tool that summarises online casino and betting licensing status, tax and recent changes across 28 jurisdictions, with a map and a sortable matrix.
The tracker is verified and dated; figures relying on secondary sources are marked, and each jurisdiction page lists its primary sources.