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Ranking dos Políticos study compares online betting restrictions across 11 countries

Regulation

A study published by Ranking dos Políticos examines outcomes in 11 countries that banned online betting fully or in part. It reports that about 88% of gambling revenue remained in Norway’s regulated market in 2023, where licensed supply and controls on payments to unlicensed operators exist. The study says it is descriptive and makes no policy recommendations.

The findings address how legal supply and payment controls relate to the share of gambling activity in regulated markets.

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Brazilian Supreme Court justice adds sports bodies to betting-ban hearing

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux asked for the Ministry of Sport and the Brazilian Olympic Committee to join a public hearing on the country’s betting ban, scheduled for 3 November, the report said. The case concerns Provisional Measure 1,394, signed on 25 September, which bans the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of sports betting and virtual games.

Justice Luiz Fux of Brazil's Supreme Court has requested that the Ministry of Sport and the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) join a public hearing on the national betting ban, set for 3 November. The session is to take place before the court's Second Panel.

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