The Gambling Authority of Botswana and the Lesotho Casino Board signed a memorandum of understanding on 2 May 2025. The agreement covers sharing knowledge on licensing and compliance, joint anti-money-laundering and responsible-gambling efforts, and training and technical support.
The agreement establishes cross-border cooperation on licensing, compliance and responsible-gambling oversight.
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The International Betting Integrity Association and LUX Fight League signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on betting integrity in mixed martial arts. The agreement provides for information-sharing, integrity education and operational cooperation to help detect and respond to potential risks affecting competitions.
The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland and the Alderney Gambling Control Commission signed a memorandum of understanding on 29 April 2026. The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation across gambling regulation as GRAI’s licensing function gets under way.
Mexico’s Lotería Nacional and the Finance Ministry’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) signed an agreement to coordinate measures against money laundering. The planned work includes inter-agency meetings, training and strategies to strengthen prevention and detection, with each institution appointing officials to a joint follow-up group.
The Betting and Gaming Council and Chile’s aPAL signed a one-year agreement to share regulatory experience and engage with policymakers on a proposed licensed online gambling market in Chile. The BGC said the country could introduce licensing as early as 2027; the agreement comes as legislation remains under consideration.
Brazil’s Finance and Health ministries signed a technical cooperation agreement on 3 December to coordinate prevention, harm reduction and care for people experiencing problems related to fixed-odds betting. The government said a centralised self-exclusion platform covering all betting sites authorised by the SPA-MF would become available on 10 December, alongside existing company-level exclusion options.