The Netherlands’ Kansspelautoriteit warned gambling operators to comply with the sports sponsorship ban taking effect on 1 July. The prohibition covers shirt sponsorship and promotional agreements with competitions, teams and athletes; the regulator said it would act against breaches and continue answering industry queries.
Operators must end prohibited sports sponsorship activity before the ban takes effect on 1 July.
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The Netherlands will implement the final phase of its gambling sponsorship ban on 1 July, ending online casino sponsorship of sports clubs and venues. The measure follows restrictions on untargeted advertising from 1 July 2023 and event and programme sponsorship from 1 July 2024; Kansspelautoriteit chair Michel Groothuizen said the regulator would act firmly against breaches.
Brazil’s MP 1,394/2026 prohibits fixed-odds betting, according to a report discussing the measure and its effects on licensed operators. The report says 85 operators paid R$30 million each for five-year authorisations, totalling R$2.55 billion, and that the government will not refund fees for unused periods. Finance Minister Dario Durigan said investors would have predictability in Brazil.
Brazil's government has prohibited fixed-odds betting through MP 1,394/2026, according to the report. The measure ends authorisations that had been active for 22 months. The government will not refund the authorisation fees or the portion covering the remaining period, the report says.
Italian online casinos recorded spending of €320 million in October, up 9% year over year, according to the reported market figures. Lottomatica led with a 31.4% market share, followed by Flutter at 27.3%; the monthly total collected exceeded €7.4 billion.
Spending on online casinos in Italy reportedly reached €320m in October, up 9% on the same month a year earlier. The figure is defined as the difference between bets placed and winnings paid. Total monthly stakes reportedly exceeded €7.4bn.
The Netherlands’ Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) reported that regulated gambling gross gaming revenue fell to €4.1 billion in 2025, from €4.5 billion in 2024, adjusted for inflation. Online GGR declined 21% to €1.20 billion, including a 30.2% fall in online betting and an 18.2% drop in online casino revenue; the KSA cited player-protection rules, higher tax and comparison with the 2024 football European Championship as contributing factors.
Regulated gambling gross gaming revenue in the Netherlands fell to €4.1bn in 2025 from €4.5bn in 2024, adjusted for inflation, according to the annual report published by regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA). The KSA published the figures together with monitoring data for the first half of 2026.
India’s Supreme Court rejected Junglee Games’ challenge to restrictions on real-money online games in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, according to the report. The company argued that skill-based games should be treated differently from games of chance, but the court ruled that betting on skill games does not exempt them from the restrictions.