Brazil’s Ministry of Finance has opened a 45-day public consultation on proposed changes to the authorization process for fixed-odds betting operators, as the government takes additional steps to increase transparency in the country’s regulated gambling market.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has directed all licensed and active gambling operators to register with the government by July 31 as part of a wider push to regulate the sector.
Brazil's Ministry of Finance will require licensed betting advertisements to carry health-style warnings such as "Betting makes you lose money" under new advertising rules published on Friday.
According to a new joint assessment by the Ministry of Finance and the Netherlands gambling authority, Kansspelautoriteit, the higher gambling tax in the Netherlands has only generated a small fraction of the additional revenues expected by policymakers.
Brazil has set new procedures to restrict the use of the financial system by unauthorized fixed-odds betting operators, combining account-blocking rules with potential joint tax liability for institutions that continue to process related transactions.
The Brazil Ministry of Finance will publish more than 25,000 documents tied to completed licensing processes for fixed-odds betting operators, opening previously restricted regulatory files to the public.
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies will seek further data from the Ministry of Finance, the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting, and the Central Bank after a public hearing on Thursday exposed deep divisions over the future of fixed-odds betting in the country.
The period of May to August 2026 will see Sweden’s gambling industry enter a new era of compliance and regulatory control imposed by the Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, and the Ministry of Finance, Finansdepartementet.
