Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has issued a draft PSQF 5.1 communication protocol for fixed-odds sports betting, according to the report. It requires the event’s unique feed-provider identifier in the event-creation message. The draft is due to enter the test environment on 4 June.
Operators and feed providers may need to adapt event-creation data before testing begins.
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Spain’s government submitted a draft decree for consultation that would tighten anti-money-laundering requirements for gambling operators and other regulated entities, reportedly on 30 July 2026. The proposal would require operators to check that the holder of a payment method used for deposits and withdrawals is also the gambling account holder; it would retain the €2,500 identity-check threshold for lottery prizes.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has issued a draft measure that would increase payment providers’ responsibility for checking merchants, according to the report. The bank said surveillance found online gambling transactions routed through businesses presented as ordinary shops, and more than 8,000 merchants linked to activities considered illegal have had their accounts closed. PAGCOR said it is working with the central bank on the issue.
Reportedly, Australia’s government introduced the Interactive Gambling (Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2026 to Parliament, proposing a wagering advertising opt-out register. A levy on wagering providers would fund the register and other harm reduction measures. The proposals also include restrictions on inducement marketing, customer risk identification duties and prohibitions on certain commission-based referrals.
The CFTC proposed rule changes on 9 October to classify sports, political, cultural and weather event contracts as swaps under US federal law. The proposal would explicitly include these contracts in the agency’s rules.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed amending its rules so that event contracts based on sports, politics, culture and weather are explicitly included in the definition of a swap under federal law. The proposal was announced on 9 October, according to the regulator, and a public consultation has been opened before the agency decides whether to adopt the change.
The CFTC issued two proposals concerning federal oversight of event contracts. The proposals would classify event contracts as swaps while prohibiting traditional gambling, with the expanded definition covering contracts linked to culture, weather, politics and sport.