Sweden’s parliament brought a broad ban on gambling on credit into force on 1 May 2026. The rules prohibit credit-card payments, gambling with bank loans or deferred payments, and credit provided directly by gambling companies; municipal lotteries are among the stated exceptions.
Licensed gambling companies in Sweden must no longer accept several forms of credit-funded play or extend credit to players.
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Rio de Janeiro has prohibited betting-platform advertising in public spaces under municipal Decree No. 58,274, according to the report. The measure covers street furniture, city-sponsored events and advertising requiring municipal approval; separate federal rules restrict betting promotions and require standardised warnings from 17 July.
Brazil’s SPA imposed seven precautionary measures affecting 14 licensed betting sites. The cases include failures to submit Sigap information, responsible gambling controls and ownership documentation. Affected platforms must restrict player access to fund withdrawals.
An industry-backed legal review reportedly says Sweden’s Spelinspektionen uses harsher sanctions and a less collaborative supervisory approach than other Swedish regulators. The supplied text says Sweden’s gambling industry is challenging the regulator’s enforcement methods, but provides no further findings or response.
A legal review backed by the industry says the way Spelinspektionen enforces the rules is very different from the approach of the other Swedish regulators.
A commissioned report says Sweden's gambling regulator chose fees close to the statutory maximum in anti-money laundering cases. The report's finding concerns the regulator's fee-setting approach.
A newly commissioned report concludes that the gaming regulator imposed fees near the statutory maximum for anti-money laundering cases.
Sweden's Spelinspektionen submitted comments on the Finance Ministry's proposal to align national law with the EU anti-money laundering package, according to its official opinion. The regulator supports the proposal overall but opposes taking on suitability checks and supervision for registered lotteries, and disputes limits on coercive measures to obtain information.
Sweden's Spelinspektionen has opposed giving the regulator responsibility for suitability checks and supervision of registered lotteries under the Finance Ministry's proposal to align national law with the EU anti-money laundering package. The regulator set out its position in an official opinion, reference Fi2026/01654, on the ministry's legislative proposal. Spelinspektionen said it broadly supports the proposed changes.