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Current developments in gaming regulation and sports betting, analysed in English with a German summary and a direct link to the original primary source.

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Dutch regulator warns VBet over prohibited live sports-betting markets
Netherlands · Sports Betting Enforcement · 2026-07-16 English briefing The Dutch Kansspelautoriteit warned VBet after finding prohibited live-betting markets during enhanced World Cup supervision.…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Malta announces VAT and gaming-tax reforms effective 1 October 2026
Malta · Tax & Regulatory Framework · 2026-04-02 English briefing Malta announced coordinated changes to VAT and gaming-tax rules that are scheduled to take…
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Malta consults on a voluntary AI Gaming Charter
Malta / European Union · Artificial Intelligence · 2026-05-08 English briefing The MGA, working with the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, launched a targeted consultation…
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MGA calls for enhanced suspicious-betting monitoring during World Cup 2026
Malta · Sports Betting Integrity · 2026-06-05 English briefing The MGA instructed licensees to apply heightened monitoring and report suspicious betting activity without delay…
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AMLA draft guidelines bring ongoing monitoring into sharper focus
EU / Malta · AML/CFT · 2026-06-17 English briefing The MGA drew operators’ attention to AMLA’s draft guidelines on ongoing monitoring under Article 26(5)…
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MGA warns of websites impersonating licensed operators
Malta · Illegal Market & Consumer Protection · 2026-07-16 English briefing The MGA identified active websites that falsely presented themselves as connected with the…
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MGA annual report highlights 280 suspicious betting reports in 2025
Malta · Regulatory Report · 2026-07-07 English briefing The Malta Gaming Authority’s 2025 annual report records 280 suspicious betting reports from licensees, 192 alerts…
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Germany’s Q1 2026 market monitor shows sports betting at €2.431bn in stakes
Germany · Market Data · 2026-06-23 English briefing The GGL market monitor reports €2.431 billion in total sports-betting stakes for the first quarter of…
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German study estimates 77.03% channelisation in the online market
Germany · Market Research · 2026-03-16 English briefing A GGL-commissioned survey-based study estimates that regulated offers represented 77.03% of Germany’s online gambling market in…
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World Cup 2026 puts illegal sports betting under intensified German scrutiny
Germany · Sports Betting Integrity · 2026-06-09 English briefing Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the GGL intensified its monitoring of online sports-betting…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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