The Anjouan Gaming Authority says it may act when a licensed operator fails to meet regulatory obligations. Measures include licence suspension, revocation and additional conditions; the authority says enforcement decisions are recorded and published.
Operators are informed of possible regulatory action, including suspension or revocation of their licences.
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Ireland's Gambling Regulatory Authority set out the business-to-consumer licence types available under the Gambling Regulation Act 2024, which requires anyone providing gambling activities in the state to hold a licence. The initial categories cover in-person and remote betting, remote betting intermediaries, in-person and remote gaming, and lottery licences. The GRAI said prediction market operators providing betting activities fall within the remote betting intermediary definition and need a licence before serving Irish consumers.
Gespa has published guidance for organisers of large-scale gambling in Switzerland, setting out the operator licence and game licence requirements. Operator licences are granted on request where the applicant meets the Gambling Act and Ordinance conditions, and a game licence additionally requires that operator licence. Gespa said assessing skill-based games is usually more complex because winning must depend entirely or largely on player skill.
Ontario’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission says it monitors licensees’ advertising and inducement practices through inspections, complaints and targeted audits. For breaches of the Liquor Licence and Control Act, 2019, regulations or Registrar’s standards, it may provide education or impose monetary penalties, suspend licences or revoke them.
The Guardia di Finanza in Bari executed four precautionary measures in a Procura di Trani investigation into alleged usury and extortion. A preliminary investigation judge ordered three people held in custody and a fourth under house arrest; investigators allege loans at annual interest rates of up to 1,260%, including to people with gambling problems who used the money on slot machines and VLTs.
The Guardia di Finanza in Bari carried out four precautionary measures in an investigation by the Procura di Trani into alleged usury and extortion. A preliminary investigation judge at the Tribunale di Trani ordered three people held in custody and a fourth placed under house arrest, according to the report.
Tiago Gomes, a partner at Souto Correa Advogados, examined recent measures by Brazil's government to tighten enforcement in the gambling sector in a contribution to SBC Notícias Brasil's Rincón Jurídico. He argued that good regulation rewards compliant operators and removes those that break the rules.