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MGA sets 2026 priorities across compliance, player protection and betting integrity
Malta · Supervisory Priorities · 2026-03-12 English briefing The MGA’s 2026 supervisory programme is organised around compliance, player protection and sports-betting integrity. Targeted work includes reviews of controls for cash equivalents and cryptoassets, integrity risks involving athletes betting on their own sport, esports markets and the quality of monthly alternative-dispute-resolution reporting. The programme reflects an…
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UK 2026 risk assessment rates remote betting, casino and bingo as high AML risk
Great Britain · AML/CFT · 2026-07-30 English briefing The Gambling Commission’s 2026 sector risk assessment rates remote casino, betting and bingo as high risk for money laundering and terrorist financing. Off-course retail betting is also rated high, while on-course betting is medium. The Commission highlights AI-related challenges for customer due diligence, illegal gambling websites, illicit…
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Evolution Malta agrees £4.75m UK settlement over illegal-market supply-chain controls
Great Britain / Malta · Enforcement · 2026-07-23 English briefing Evolution Malta Holding Limited agreed a £4.75 million regulatory settlement after the Gambling Commission found that its games appeared on six unlicensed websites accessible from Great Britain. The Commission identified weaknesses in money-laundering risk assessment, customer due diligence and controls designed to prevent licensed products…
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CJEU clarifies platform liability for gambling promotion partnerships
European Union · Case Law & Advertising · 2026-07-16 English briefing In Case C-421/24, the Court of Justice addressed when an online platform may lose the hosting liability exemption in connection with gambling-related videos. The Court distinguished neutral hosting from a commercial partnership in which the platform reviews a channel’s theme, leading videos and metadata.…
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Great Britain publishes its third annual gambling survey
Great Britain · Consumer Research · 2026-07-16 English briefing The third annual Gambling Survey for Great Britain provides three consecutive years of comparable official statistics. For 2025, 47% of adults reported gambling in the previous four weeks, falling to 27% when lottery-draw-only participants are excluded. The share reporting a PGSI score of eight or more…
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Germany expands LUGAS as the data backbone of online gambling supervision
Germany · Digital Supervision · 2026-07-21 English briefing Germany’s GGL and public-sector IT provider Dataport are continuing to develop LUGAS, the cross-state supervisory system for legal online gambling. According to the authority, the system processed data from more than 60 licensed operators and around five million registered players in 2025. LUGAS combines central files with…
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UK confirms staged financial-risk assessments for high-spending customers
Great Britain · Player Protection · 2026-07-07 English briefing The Gambling Commission will introduce financial-risk assessments in stages. Stage one targets very high spending, generally above £5,000 net deposits in a rolling 24-hour period for customers aged 25 or over, with lower thresholds for under-25s. The Commission says 97% of pilot assessments above the tested…
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GGL activity report shifts the focus from licensing to structured supervision
Germany · Regulatory Report · 2026-07-03 English briefing The GGL’s 2025 activity report describes a maturing German regulatory system. After earlier years were dominated by licensing, the authority says its emphasis moved toward structured supervision of licensed operators, improved technical infrastructure and broader action against illegal market participants and supporting service providers. For black-market measurement,…
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UK deploys AI monitoring against gambling marketing that appeals to children
Great Britain · Advertising & AI · 2026-06-04 English briefing The UK advertising and gambling authorities launched an AI-supported monitoring sweep focused on gambling content marketing with strong appeal to under-18s. The initiative combines the ASA’s Active Ad Monitoring System with cooperation from social platforms. Identified ads may need immediate amendment or removal, with escalation…
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European regulators coordinate their response to prediction markets
Europe / Germany · Prediction Markets · 2026-06-19 English briefing Regulators from nine European jurisdictions issued a joint statement on prediction markets. The authorities highlight unclear or missing gambling-law coverage, limited player-protection measures, addiction risks, manipulation, fraud and uncertainty around settlement and payouts. Germany’s GGL supports closer cross-border information exchange and treats many event-based prediction…