Denmark’s Taxation Minister Rasmus Stoklund called on parliamentary parties to negotiate measures addressing gambling-related harm. He said the discussions would focus on marketing rules, prevention and treatment, and proposed more funding and improved conditions for treatment centres.
The talks could lead to changes to gambling marketing rules and treatment provision affecting operators and support services.
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In an opinion column on a betting industry site, CORNAZAR executive president Elízabeth Maya Cano urged Colombia’s new government to work with the gaming sector on regulatory modernisation and measures to strengthen legal operators. She argued that excessive tax pressure could make legal businesses less competitive and called for updated rules, stronger technology oversight, action against illegal offers and improved access to financial services.
Malaysia Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil plans to meet Meta representatives on 22 September to discuss illegal online gambling advertisements on Facebook. Fahmi said most content removed from the platform involved gambling ads or related posts, and alleged Meta had not blocked credit-card payments for such ads; he said the government preferred dialogue to punitive measures.
Riccardo Pedrizzi called on Italy’s government to reopen discussions with gambling businesses over land-based reform at a Rome conference on 4 March 2026. He argued that differing regional and municipal rules create uncertainty for investment and urged the government to examine industry data and explain the technical basis of its draft reform.
US Senator John Boozman said his Senate Agriculture Committee plans to meet Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Michael Selig about prediction markets. Boozman said the sector had expanded faster than expected and lacked sufficient regulation. The CFTC has asserted in court that it has exclusive jurisdiction over event contract markets.
Buenos Aires Province’s Ministry of Labour called AMS Casinos and AECN to a casino-sector technical meeting on 18 February at 14:00, the unions said. Casino operations resumed after their 24-hour strike on 14 February, and the unions suspended further action while awaiting responses to wage and working-condition demands.