AMLA has opened a consultation on draft rules for assessing money-laundering and terrorist-financing risks in non-financial sectors. The proposed methodology would guide national supervisors and is due to apply from 31 December 2028; a public hearing is scheduled for 10 September 2026.
Gaming businesses may be assessed under the shared risk methodology proposed for non-financial sectors.
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The Betting and Gaming Council criticised the UK Gambling Commission’s planned financial risk assessments for higher-spending customers. Chief executive Grainne Hurst said questions remain about data reliability, consumer effects and how the checks will work, and argued that the Commission has not published a full evaluation of its pilot. The Commission has announced working groups to support implementation, according to the report.
The Bank of Italy’s 2025 activity report, published by Italy’s Chamber of Deputies, says AMLA is preparing oversight checks on non-financial obliged entities, including gambling companies. The report says AMLA began indirect supervision of banking and financial intermediaries and will directly supervise certain complex, cross-border banking and financial groups from 2028.
Brazilian federal deputy Jonas Donizette introduced a bill on 29 July to make statutory the Monetary Policy Council’s restriction on prediction markets operating in sports and other non-financial events. The existing resolution limits their activity to matters such as interest rates and exchange rates; the proposal seeks to give that restriction greater stability.
Spain's DGOJ reportedly reopened a public consultation on a binding monthly automated test for nationally licensed online gambling operators to identify players at high risk. The consultation closed on 22 October; the proposed test would assess account activity over the previous 183 days and run during each month's first seven days. Flagged players would have 72 hours to engage with the operator or face suspension of their gambling account.
Reportedly, the UK Gambling Commission has placed gambling software suppliers in the medium-risk category in its 2026 anti-money-laundering assessment. Software suppliers are the only sector whose rating changed in the assessment.