The Greens submitted a parliamentary inquiry on illegal gambling in Upper Austria, according to a media report. The report points to the inquiry dated 23 June 2022 but gives no details of its questions or any government response.
The inquiry signals parliamentary scrutiny of illegal gambling in Upper Austria, although its specific concerns are not detailed.
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Istanbul police detained 68 people in an investigation into alleged money laundering linked to illegal betting and gambling. Authorities said investigators traced more than TRY76.2bn across over 100,000 transactions and suspected that some funds were converted to USDT and moved to cryptocurrency wallets; the suspects remain under investigation.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said Malaysia’s proposed law to address illegal gambling is under federal lawmakers’ review. He hopes to table it in the next parliamentary session; the proposal could be a standalone act or amend existing cybercrime legislation and would expand authorities’ powers against illegal operators.
An Italian parliamentary commission’s annual report covering 1 December 2024 to 31 December 2025 includes work on illegal horse racing and associated betting. The commission held a conference in Cesena on 5 September 2025 to present findings and discuss protecting legal racing as a response to criminal activity.
Brazil’s Free Market Parliamentary Front backed amendment No. 154 to bill PL 5.473/2025, introduced by Senator Mecias de Jesus, to target illegal betting, the group said. The proposal would require digital platforms to block notified illegal betting content within 48 hours and require financial institutions to identify and block related transactions, with fines of up to R$2 million per violation. It would also create a compliance index and a monitoring committee.
VNLOK and Fair Play Online said players’ bank statements show substantial payments to illegal online casinos, in position papers for a Dutch parliamentary roundtable on gambling. VNLOK called for measures including blocking payments from the Netherlands to illegal operators, while its proposals also included changes to tax, advertising and player-protection rules.