AMLA has opened consultations on draft guidance for business-wide risk assessments and draft technical standards on group-level requirements, the Malta Gaming Authority said. Public hearings are scheduled for 20 and 28 May 2026; responses are due by 15 June for the standards and 15 July for the guidance.
Operators can submit views on proposed AML requirements before the stated consultation deadlines.
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Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) describes its risk-based anti-money-laundering oversight of gambling businesses and the measures those businesses must apply. These include customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, staff training, record-keeping and reporting suspicious transactions to the competent authorities.
Greece's Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) bases its anti-money-laundering supervision of gambling on a risk-based approach. The obliged entities are those organising or conducting gambling in Greece, including the physical network, and casino businesses. They must identify, assess and manage the money-laundering and terrorist-financing risks linked to their activity.
Norway’s Lottery Authority said gambling organisers covered by the Gambling Act and regulations must comply with anti-money-laundering rules. The authority listed Norsk Tipping, Norsk Rikstoto, large lottery providers, bingo agents, ship-based gambling providers and organisers of the national tournament poker championship among those covered.
Every organiser of gambling that needs a permit under the Gambling Act and its regulations falls within the money-laundering rules. The page shows an update date of 06.11.2026.
Misiones provincial lottery body IPLyC met with the Financial Information Unit’s regional deputy director, María Elisa García de Álamo, to discuss cooperation on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. IPLyC said the meeting also covered regulatory compliance and prevention measures.
Misiones' provincial lottery and casino institute, IPLyC, met the new regional deputy director of the Financial Information Unit (UIF) for the Litoral region, María Elisa García de Álamo, to discuss cooperation on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. The meeting was also attended by IPLyC compliance officer Fernando Escalada and risk analyst Alejo Ratanchuk of the Office of Compliance for Money Laundering Prevention (OCPLA). According to IPLyC, the meeting allowed the two bodies to exchange experience and address the importance of joint work, particularly on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. IPLyC restated its institutional commitment to complying with current rules, strengthening prevention mechanisms and promoting good practice for transparency and accountability in gambling in Misiones.
The Minas Gerais State Lottery (LEMG) established anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing requirements for lottery operators under Portaria LEMG No. 23, dated 13 October 2026. Operators must maintain internal policies, monitor transactions and report qualifying suspicions confidentially to Coaf. They have 180 days from publication to comply, without suspending existing legal obligations.
The Minas Gerais State Lottery (LEMG) has set rules to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in lottery activities, under Portaria LEMG No. 23 of 13 October 2026. The rules apply to companies operating lotteries under LEMG regulation, supervision or oversight, according to the portaria.
Stella Liberato of Italy's ADM told Agimeg that the EU anti-money-laundering reform will apply the same obligations to gambling operators as to banks and financial intermediaries. She said the new AMLA authority will set a single rulebook across member states, with greater transparency on licensees' governance. The implementing decree for the sixth directive is still being drafted.
The EU anti-money-laundering reform will for the first time put gambling operators under the same obligations as banks and financial intermediaries, Stella Liberato of Italy's ADM said. Speaking to Agimeg at an anti-money-laundering forum in Milan, Liberato said the new AMLA authority will establish a single rulebook common to all member states, while each country remains autonomous in managing its own market.