SOFTSWISS said on 30 June 2025 that it had published a regulatory update covering 24 jurisdictions. Its recap included developments on gambling taxes, advertising rules, licensing and market restrictions across regions.
The recap gives operators and suppliers a consolidated account of regulatory changes across multiple markets.
The day’s most important stories, free. One email a day.
It was reported that SOFTSWISS’s sportsbook activity tripled during the World Cup. Pre-match bets represented 57% of volume, compared with the platform’s usual 20%.
Reportedly, Finland's National Police Board began accepting gambling licence applications on 1 March 2026, with licensed operations due to start on 1 July 2027. Ireland's Gambling Regulatory Authority opened its Operator Portal on 9 February 2026, and the UK raised Remote Gaming Duty from 21% to 40% on 1 April 2026.
SOFTSWISS is reviewing regulatory changes across key markets in the first half of 2026, following its iGaming Trends 2026 report last October. The recap precedes the 2027 edition of the report.
The Malta Gaming Authority set its 2026 supervisory priorities around compliance, player protection and sports betting integrity. It plans reviews of operators’ controls for cash and crypto assets, checks on risks involving athletes betting on their sports and esports betting, and closer scrutiny of monthly alternative dispute resolution reporting.
Brazilian betting-industry representatives met deputy Carlos Zarattini on 9 July to discuss a measure that would raise the tax on sports betting GGR from 12% to 18%. They argued the increase could threaten regulated operators and asked him to consider sector proposals; Zarattini said he would review them after the joint committee is established and may hold a public hearing.