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Belgium publishes gambling law amendments taking effect on 1 June

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Source: Kansspelcommissie (Belgium)

Belgium published amendments to its gambling law on 22 May 2024, with the changes due to take effect on 1 June. The law introduces professional-entry registers for specified land-based venues, updates complaint and illegal-site-list provisions, raises the age threshold to 21 in several provisions and converts prison sentences under Articles 63 and 64 into fines.

Operators in Belgium face new record-keeping, complaint-handling and licensing requirements under the amended law.

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Brazilian Congress president extends betting ban measure by 60 days

Brazil’s Congress president, Davi Alcolumbre, extended the provisional measure prohibiting fixed-odds betting for a further 60 days, with the decision published on 11 November. The extension gives lawmakers until February to consider the measure, which would end betting authorisations, block websites and apps, and return user balances; the government estimates the ban would reduce revenue by BRL12bn.

Brazil’s provisional ban on fixed-odds betting has been extended by another 60 days by Congress president Davi Alcolumbre. The decision appeared in the federal official gazette on Wednesday 11.

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