Australia's ACMA fined Dabble Sports more than AU$1 million for accepting bets from players who had registered for self-exclusion. The regulator called the breaches serious — a signal that operators are expected to check the register on every wager, not only at sign-up.
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The Dutch KSA renewed the first eight online licences issued when the market opened five years ago. Renewal came with noticeably tighter scrutiny: the regulator reviewed every compliance failure on record, so a licence is no longer something that rolls over by default.
Brazil's finance minister said the federal budget does not depend on betting taxes, pushing back against growing calls for a gambling ban. The position cuts both ways — he defended regulation and tougher controls while stopping short of prohibition, and that balance will shape the rules for operators in a market that has only just opened.
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