Lotería del Risaralda approved a 2026 action plan at its first departmental meeting on gambling legality, with six strategic targets to strengthen controls on illegal betting. The lottery said it would organise enforcement operations with judicial and police authorities and take two of four annual sessions to municipalities.
The plan sets enforcement and training priorities for gambling oversight across Risaralda in 2026.
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The Betting and Gaming Council proposed a five-point plan to address illegal gambling in the UK. It called for action on illegal advertising, stronger Gambling Commission powers, payment blocking, accountability for support services and tougher criminal penalties; the BGC cited estimates that illegal-market wagers could rise from £17bn in 2025 to more than £33bn by 2028.
Alberta's government is expanding competition in Canada's betting market to counter illegal platforms. The report describes commercial competition as the central element of the strategy.
The Brazilian Association for Compliance, Good Practice, Ethics and Transparency in Betting (ABC-BET) urged public authorities to strengthen fixed-odds betting regulation and intensify action against illegal operators. In an open letter, the association said restrictive measures could weaken authorised operators and drive consumers towards unregulated platforms; it called for decisions based on data, impact assessment and consultation.
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) called on major technology platforms in the UK to step up action against illegal online gambling operators. In an open letter, signed by chief executive Grainne Hurst, the trade body urged platforms to remove unlawful adverts, share information and work with regulators and law enforcement.
ADM Games Director Mario Lollobrigida said tackling illegal online gambling in Italy is difficult because operators often work from abroad and blocked sites quickly reappear. He said current law prevents ADM from intervening through financial channels, and called for stronger controls on large online platforms; he also said more than one third of players using illegal platforms do so unknowingly, according to research cited at the event.