Regulatory
Licensing, compliance, and regulator activity worldwide.
Ontario wants to open its poker and daily fantasy sports markets to players across borders. Four lottery corporations say that would break the law. Canada's Supreme Court will now decide who is right.
From Robinhood's selective product choices to Europe's blanket bans, the prediction markets industry is facing a moment of reckoning over market integrity. The question is whether the sector can regulate itself before regulators do it for them.
The Dutch regulator has found serious gaps between Unibet's stated anti-money laundering policies and what it actually does in practice. And Unibet may not be the only operator in the crosshairs.
As the EU battles to fund its most ambitious budget yet, online gambling operators have found themselves in the crosshairs alongside Silicon Valley giants. The industry should be paying close attention.
Kalshi insists its products are financial instruments. State regulators insist they are bets. A Nevada judge has sided firmly with the regulators, and the fight is now playing out in courtrooms across the country.
The UK's Remote Gaming Duty has doubled overnight. Industry insiders are warning of a spiral effect that could permanently reshape Britain's licensed gambling market, and nobody, including the Treasury, knows where it ends.
Norway is investing heavily in education, treatment and research to tackle gambling harm from the ground up. But with its state monopoly operator under scrutiny, the government faces questions about whether prevention alone is enough.
As martial law continues, Ukraine is deploying automated technology to shield its military from online gambling, in what represents one of the most targeted regulatory interventions in the industry.
Germany's gambling regulator claims 77% of players are in the licensed market. The industry says the real figure is closer to 50%, and the consequences of getting it wrong could reshape the country's entire regulatory future.
The Malta Gaming Authority is investigating unauthorised access to one of its systems after German security researcher Lilith Wittmann claimed responsibility, accused the regulator of enabling organised crime, and threatened to release a wider archive of gambling related data if enforcement action is pursued.
New figures from GamCare and debt advice provider PayPlan show that 1,954 people sought financial guidance through GamCare's Money Guidance Service in 2025, more than double the previous year, with total reported debt rising 153% to £7.2 million, and January 2026 recording the highest monthly referral total in the service's history.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed 20 criminal misdemeanour charges against prediction market platform Kalshi, alleging it operated an unlicensed gambling business and accepted bets on state elections in violation of Arizona law, marking the first criminal prosecution of a prediction market company by any US state.