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Brazil’s SPA issues 67 initial betting authorisations for regulated market

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Brazil’s regulated betting market came into effect in January 2025, after the Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA) issued 67 initial authorisations, according to the report. Operators already active in the country had until December 2024 to comply with the new requirements; platforms without authorisation were classed as illegal.

Operators need SPA authorisation to continue offering betting in Brazil’s regulated market.

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Netherlands' Council of State rejects Sabofra appeal over arcade licence

The Netherlands' Council of State ruled on 4 November 2026 in Sabofra's appeal concerning its arcade-machine operating licence. The company had challenged the Kansspelautoriteit's refusal of a new licence, which the regulator based on alleged poor conduct linked to cash centres used to facilitate illegal online gambling. The article says the court found the regulator's cited facts showed evidently poor conduct.

The administrative law division of the Netherlands' Council of State issued a ruling on 4 November 2026 in the case of Sabofra. According to the division, the facts cited by the Kansspelautoriteit amount to evidently poor conduct on Sabofra's part.

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