Chile’s Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego has set 19 January as the date for technical and financial bids for the Casino Puerto Varas operating permit. Applicants must present separate proposals in person in Santiago; a technical committee will assess the technical bids over 12 days.
Operators seeking the permit must submit both proposals in person by the stated deadline.
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Malawi’s Gaming and Lotteries Authority has set 10 July 2026 as the deadline for sports betting licence applications, according to a public notice cited in reporting. Applicants face fit-and-proper, financial-integrity, beneficial-ownership and regulatory due diligence checks; casino licence applications remain open until 15 July.
Italy's 2027 budget bill includes gaming provisions on an additional Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw and changes to one-off residual debt payments for slot machines and VLTs. The latter requires a decree from the Ministry of Economy and Finance by 15 January 2027; the wider bill's measures are estimated to impose more than €5 billion in new costs on citizens and businesses.
Italy's 2027 budget bill provides for an additional Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw and changes to one-off residual debt payments for slot machines and VLTs. Article 29 covers the additional draw, while Article 32 addresses the debt payments.
PAGCOR will require Manila’s four Entertainment City integrated resorts to begin converting gaming tables to smart tables by 1 January 2027, chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco said. The initial requirement applies to City of Dreams Manila, Okada Manila, Newport World Resorts and Solaire Resort Entertainment City; the mandate is expected to cover baccarat first.
Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) requires online gambling concessionaires to report interest earned on dedicated player-account bank or postal accounts during 2025 by 31 January 2026. The agency also scheduled extraordinary maintenance of the PACG account registry for 28 January, with possible brief service disruption from 08:00 to 10:00.
GG.Bet stopped accepting new UK players on 12 December and surrendered its UK Gambling Commission licence the following day, the company said. It set 9 January 2026 as the deadline for cash withdrawals; bets on events after that date will be voided and the funds returned to customer balances.