Legal Brazil betting market launches with 14 companies receiving full licences
Brazil has been waiting for this moment since the national congress first approved legislation for online betting in November 2018, with outgoing president Michel Temer signing it into law...
Maryland, Virginia lawmakers to consider online casino legalisation
Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary, chair of the Maryland house ways and means committee, will again try to move an online casino bill in Maryland. HB 17 would allow...
Industry calls lopsided Minnesota online sports betting hearing “a media stunt”
The decision to keep the industry out of the hearing in front of the state senate finance committee was by design. In his comments before testimony began,...
Thailand cabinet approves draft casino and gambling law
The Integrated Entertainment Business Act, also known as the Entertainment Complex Bill, would allow casinos as part of integrated resorts. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra confirmed the news...
Brazil regulator issues ordinance as temporary fix to betting certification delays
Brazil launched its legal betting market on 1 January, with 14 companies receiving full licences to operate, while another 52 received provisional authorisation ahead of the go-live...
Legislative roundup: MD tax hike, NJ sweepstakes, more
Bills to legalise online casino gaming in Wyoming and Indiana, a proposed gambling tax rate hike in Maryland and a bill to legalise “sweepstakes gaming” in New Jersey...
Esports Betting Report 2024
This Esports Betting Report is based on the largest-ever esports betting survey conducted in collaboration with Loadout and GWI using insights from over 6,000 participants worldwide. It...
Online gambling in Germany: What to Expect in 2025
When the Interstate Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag) came into force in Germany on 1 July 2021, it was presented as a turning point for the regulation of...
State of the Union: Mizuhara sentencing postponed, Kalshi taking sports bets
Mizuhara sentencing pushed to 6 February Sentencing for former Shohei Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was moved from today (24 January) to 6 February, a California US Attorney’s...
Episode 41: Brazil goes live
In this episode of the World Series of Politics hosts Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann welcome Aposta Ganha’s Hugo Baungartner to assess the launch of regulated online...










