Gambling Law Index — GLRI 2026.1
Regulatory updates · Gambling timeline
A dated, sourced timeline of the milestones, guidance, and market changes that shape gambling licensing across key jurisdictions — from the UK's Gambling Act review to Brazil's regulated market launch. Every entry links to its official source. For the jurisdictions themselves, see the jurisdiction guides.
Only SPA-authorised operators on the dedicated .bet.br domain were permitted to offer fixed-odds betting and online gaming to Brazilian players, marking the start of the legal market and the wind-down of the previously tolerated grey-market period.
The Gambling Commission started a phased rollout of light-touch financial vulnerability assessments for online operators, using publicly available data at higher net-deposit thresholds before a later, frictionless data-sharing pilot — a core deliverable of the 2023 white paper.
Law 14.790/2023 legalised fixed-odds betting and online gaming in Brazil, created federal oversight under the Secretariat for Prizes and Betting (SPA), and set the framework for licensing — including a fixed authorisation fee and a tax on gross gaming revenue.
Amendments to the Swedish Gambling Act introduced a dedicated licence requirement for suppliers of game software to licensed operators, alongside tighter channelisation and Spelpaus self-exclusion enforcement obligations supervised by Spelinspektionen.
The DCMS white paper 'High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age' set the direction for the biggest overhaul of British gambling regulation since 2005 — online slot stake limits, a statutory operator levy, and player financial-risk (affordability) checks under the Gambling Commission.
This timeline tracks confirmed regulatory developments. It is informational, not legal advice. For a structured shortlist of firms that handle gambling licensing, use Get a shortlist.