🇧🇪 Starting from January 1, 2025, Belgium will tighten control over iGaming sponsorship. Belgian sports clubs will not be able to place the logos of betting companies on their T-shirts, and gambling advertising at sports venues will be completely banned.
🇧🇷 The Brazilian Senate postponed the vote on the bill on the regulation of the gambling industry again due to protests. A new vote will be held next year.
🇰🇭 Gambling advertising has been banned in Cambodia. The new rule covers websites, social networks and any publications that encourage gambling or show gambling scenes both online and offline.
🇻🇳 Starting December 25, Vietnam has introduced a ban on casino-style games and card games. In addition, virtual items, units and prize points can no longer be exchanged for real money, and any exchanges between players are prohibited. Offshore operators were also required to open local representative offices, gamblers will need a Vietnamese phone number to register, restrictions have appeared for minors: players under the age of 18 were allowed to play no more than 60 minutes per session and a maximum of three hours a day. Any violations will result in administrative fines and content blocking.
🇫🇷 The French Parliament has expressed a vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The vote was supported by 331 deputies, which forces the Cabinet to resign. This decision jeopardizes the plans to legalize the online casino segment, which Barnier promoted as part of the 2025 budget. It was proposed to introduce a 55.6% tax on online gambling, one of the highest in Europe, in order to reduce the budget deficit. After the resignation of the government, the revision of the budget has been postponed indefinitely until Macron forms a new cabinet.
🇧🇷 The Brazilian Senate postponed the vote on the bill on the regulation of the gambling industry again due to protests. A new vote will be held next year.
🇰🇭 Gambling advertising has been banned in Cambodia. The new rule covers websites, social networks and any publications that encourage gambling or show gambling scenes both online and offline.
🇻🇳 Starting December 25, Vietnam has introduced a ban on casino-style games and card games. In addition, virtual items, units and prize points can no longer be exchanged for real money, and any exchanges between players are prohibited. Offshore operators were also required to open local representative offices, gamblers will need a Vietnamese phone number to register, restrictions have appeared for minors: players under the age of 18 were allowed to play no more than 60 minutes per session and a maximum of three hours a day. Any violations will result in administrative fines and content blocking.
🇫🇷 The French Parliament has expressed a vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The vote was supported by 331 deputies, which forces the Cabinet to resign. This decision jeopardizes the plans to legalize the online casino segment, which Barnier promoted as part of the 2025 budget. It was proposed to introduce a 55.6% tax on online gambling, one of the highest in Europe, in order to reduce the budget deficit. After the resignation of the government, the revision of the budget has been postponed indefinitely until Macron forms a new cabinet.