🇧🇪 Belgium
has introduced a new procedure for blocking illegal online casinos.
🇱🇹 Gambling
advertising will be banned in Lithuania from July 2025. Exceptions will apply to sports competitions and events, as well as sports sponsorship and broadcasting of sports competitions, for which a transitional period will be valid until January 1, 2028. A new minimum age for gambling will also come into force — 21 years old.
🇳🇬 In Nigeria,
gambling operators were required to create separate wallets for customer winnings. In addition, new fees for obtaining gambling licenses are being introduced in the country. The cost of a casino operator's license will be about $58 thousand, and a bookmaker's license will be $44 thousand.
🇳🇿 New Zealand
authorities plan to tighten regulation of the gambling market. As part of the regulation, it is planned to limit the number of iGaming licenses to 15, introduce mandatory age verification systems, and ban gambling advertising aimed at children. Violators face fines of up to $3 million.
🇹🇭 Thailand is
preparing a bill to legalize casinos in 2025 to attract foreign investment. Annual gambling revenue is expected to reach $9.1 billion, making the country the third largest market in the world.
🇵🇾 The Government of
Paraguay has introduced a new gambling bill with the transition from a gambling monopoly to a system with licensees.
🇦🇷 The Argentine Congress will
consider a proposal to completely ban gambling advertising. The inter-party proposal received the signatures of 90 deputies of the lower house.