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KSA records four reports of athletes betting on their own competitions

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The Netherlands’ Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) received 12 reports of possible match-fixing from nine licensed gambling providers in 2025, compared with 13 reports in 2024. Four reports concerned athletes betting on their own club’s competition, a category with no reports in 2024; the KSA said it had increased preventative education for athletes.

The reports inform operators’ match-fixing prevention and reporting responsibilities, including risks involving athletes betting on their own competitions.

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Lula's proposed betting ban leaves Brazil's regulated market uncertain

Brazil's election and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's reported plan to repeal the 2024 betting law have left the industry's future uncertain, according to the account. It says an emergency decree would require betting agencies to close by 25 October and players to complete withdrawals by 5 October, but the measure's fate remains subject to Congress and a possible Supreme Court challenge.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced his intention to repeal the 2024 betting law, according to the report, nine days after the first round of voting on 4 October. The repeal took the form of an emergency presidential decree requiring betting agencies to close by 25 October and players to complete withdrawals from their accounts by 5 October.

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