Singapore police arrested seven men suspected of operating an illegal online betting network after an investigation involving the FBI and Meta. Police said victims lost more than SGD 175,000, while officers seized assets valued at about SGD 500,000; four suspects have been charged and remain in custody.
The arrests and charges signal enforcement risk for operators and others linked to unlicensed betting activity in Singapore.
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Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy and Society plans to work with Meta, TikTok and other platforms against illegal gambling advertising. The ministry said the partners would compile monitoring data for the Royal Thai Police to pursue further action.
Brazil’s government has sought the blocking of 5,209 domains linked to betting after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s ban on fixed-odds betting took effect. Anatel had ordered blocks on 2,387 addresses, while authorities also notified 186 betting apps for removal by 6 October and requested the removal of betting adverts from eight digital platforms.
Brazil’s Justice and Public Security Ministry and Finance Ministry requested the removal of 5,209 betting-related domains by 29 September, according to the report. Anatel ordered the blocking of 2,387 domains, while authorities also reported removal of 300 Facebook pages and 90 Instagram profiles; the action follows Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibits fixed-odds betting activity.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has told Google, Meta and TikTok to remove advertisements for online sweepstakes casinos and confirm this in writing by 23 October, according to the report. He said the state had sued operators including Stake and VGW brands, as well as payment processors, seeking injunctions, consumer restitution and civil penalties.
Brazilian authorities identified 506 domains suspected of offering irregular betting after a provisional measure prohibited fixed-odds betting and online games, the report said. Ciberlab also found about 1,960 Google advertisements linked to seven domains between 25 and 27 September, but could not establish whether all breached the prohibition; existing adverts had until 5 October to be removed.