🇫🇮 Finland — New Gambling Act: License Application Process to Launch on March 1, 2026
Parliament has approved the reform: license applications will open on March 1, 2026, with the transition to a competitive online market scheduled for July 1, 2027 (ending Veikkaus’s online monopoly by mid-2027). Read more
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — UK Gambling Commission Considering a “Pathway” for Cryptoassets as a Payment Method for Licensees
The UKGC is discussing industry scenarios in which cryptoassets could be considered as a payment method for licensed operators, while maintaining strict consumer protection and AML requirements. Read more
🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 Baltic States — Discussion of a Unified Cross-Border Player Self-Exclusion Register
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are discussing the synchronization of player self-exclusion registers so that a ban issued in one country would apply across the others; timelines and implementation mechanisms have not yet been disclosed. Read more
🇸🇪 Sweden — Spelinspektionen Bans dracula.casino from Offering Gambling Services in the Country
The Swedish regulator has ruled to prohibit the provision of gambling services targeting Sweden by dracula.casino. Read more
Parliament has approved the reform: license applications will open on March 1, 2026, with the transition to a competitive online market scheduled for July 1, 2027 (ending Veikkaus’s online monopoly by mid-2027). Read more
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — UK Gambling Commission Considering a “Pathway” for Cryptoassets as a Payment Method for Licensees
The UKGC is discussing industry scenarios in which cryptoassets could be considered as a payment method for licensed operators, while maintaining strict consumer protection and AML requirements. Read more
🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪 Baltic States — Discussion of a Unified Cross-Border Player Self-Exclusion Register
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are discussing the synchronization of player self-exclusion registers so that a ban issued in one country would apply across the others; timelines and implementation mechanisms have not yet been disclosed. Read more
🇸🇪 Sweden — Spelinspektionen Bans dracula.casino from Offering Gambling Services in the Country
The Swedish regulator has ruled to prohibit the provision of gambling services targeting Sweden by dracula.casino. Read more