Every licensed site and app suspended operations on 5 October under Provisional Measure 1,394/2026.
Congress must approve the measure by 23 November or it lapses. Among the 38 amendments: a rule letting licensed operators trade until their licences expire.
A São Paulo federal court let Stake Brazil Ltda keep offering fixed-odds betting. Football clubs are lobbying alongside the operators over lost sponsorship.
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Why it matters: The fight now runs in Congress, the courts and a presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro, all at once.
An Illinois federal court granted the CFTC and Kalshi preliminary injunctions against the state, a rare court win for prediction markets this year.
Ohio sent 10 cease-and-desist letters, Coinbase agreed to stop sports event contracts in Michigan and the Czech Ministry of Finance blacklisted Kalshi.com.
Regulator associations IAGR and NAGRA asked the US Supreme Court to hear the Kalshi case.
Why it matters: One court has broken the run of state wins, and regulators now want the Supreme Court to settle the question.
NRK estimates more than 700 Curaçao-licensed casinos drew 81 million visits from Norway. The Curaçao Gaming Authority is replacing its portal after the breach.
The Dutch Kansspelautoriteit has shut 86 clone sites, and Polymarket is fighting a €420,000 penalty in The Hague.
Bulgaria sent the European Commission draft legislation banning gambling advertising and affiliates.
Why it matters: Regulators have spent the year arguing players are lost offshore. This is the first time that traffic has been counted from the other side of the licence.
