Zambia’s Constitutional Court rejected Betway and betPawa’s bid to stop collection of a 10% excise duty on betting stakes on 3 October 2025. Betway said it has temporarily paused its Zambian operations and will settle open bets and allow withdrawals; the broader constitutional challenge remains underway.
The ruling allows tax collection to proceed while Betway has paused services in Zambia.
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Rwanda’s Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva told Parliament on 2 October that authorities may take further steps on gambling after senators raised concerns about its social effects. He said some betting shops had already been closed, but existing measures had not fully addressed the issue.
The Parti Québécois won Quebec’s 5 October election and is expected to pursue a private online gambling model, according to reports. The party has indicated it would take a regulatory approach similar to the Liberals’ proposal, but the rules and oversight body remain undecided. The article estimates that 73% of play currently takes place outside regulated channels.
The House of Lords Liaison Committee urged the UK government to ban gambling advertising. Its follow-up report also called on ministers to drop the aim of growing the licensed industry and return to a policy of tolerating gambling without promoting it. Industry figures and researchers dispute the report’s treatment of survey data, advertising measures and illegal-market risks.
The House of Lords Liaison Committee has urged the government to ban gambling advertising "as soon as practicable" and to abandon its aim of growing the licensed industry, in a follow-up report published on 17 September. The committee said there is "no evidence for the safety of gambling advertising" and that voluntary measures "have not gone far enough". The government has two months to respond.
Alberta awarded Brick House Recovery Centre $2.4m for gambling addiction treatment and recovery services, ahead of payments expected from regulated gaming operators. The province said it expects $76m in iGaming revenue this year, representing 20% of revenue from regulated sites, and that 1% of gaming profits is allocated to addiction treatment. Alberta’s iGaming Corporation listed 31 sites as legally open for business at the time of the report.
Reportedly, a provincial survey put participation in regulated online gambling among Ontario secondary school students at 12%, compared with 8% in 2023. The outlet also described parents providing identification or accounts that enabled their teenage children to gamble.