Brazil
Brazil Senate committee advances broad betting-harm and consumer-protection bill
Brazil’s Senate Committee on Science, Technology, Innovation and Informatics (CCT) has approved legislation that would reshape consumer protection and harm reduction rules for the country’s betting and online gaming market, including sweeping curbs on advertising, sponsorship and promotional incentives. The committee approved Substitute ...
Argentina
Boldt ownership set for major shake-up
Boldt, one of Argentina's most historically significant gaming conglomerates, is heading toward a major ownership shift after Antonio Eduardo ...
Mexico
Mexico crackdown on alleged illegal slots challenged by operators
Mexican authorities are stepping up action against machines they classify as illegal gambling devices, after Operativo Dos de Bastos resulted in ...
Colombia
Vives Pinedo takes charge at Coljuegos
Jaime Vives Pinedo has taken over as president of Colombia’s gaming regulator Coljuegos, putting a Santa Marta businessman at the head of one of ...
Brazil
Brazil Senate committee advances broad betting-harm and consumer-protection bill
Brazil’s Senate Committee on Science, Technology, Innovation and Informatics (CCT) has approved legislation that would reshape consumer protection and harm reduction rules for the country’s betting and online gaming market, including sweeping curbs on advertising, sponsorship and promotional incentives. The committee approved Substitute Amendment No. 1-CCT to PL 2,470/2026 on 2 September, based on a report from Senator Alessandro Vieira. The proposal goes beyond ...
Brazil lawmakers debate tighter restrictions on betting advertising
A Brazilian Senate hearing has highlighted divisions over proposed restrictions on betting advertising, with government and health representatives calling for tougher controls. The debate took place on 1 September during a hearing of the ...
Brazil blocks more than 60,000 illegal betting sites as SPA targets operators’ finances
Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) has ordered the blocking of more than 60,000 websites linked to illegal betting platforms since the country began enforcing its regulated fixed-odds betting regime. SPA Secretary Daniele ...
Brazil’s CONAR tightens betting advertising rules
Brazil’s advertising self-regulatory body CONAR has tightened its rules for betting advertising, introducing stronger protections for children and adolescents and increasing compliance responsibilities for influencers, affiliates and betting ...
Argentina
Boldt ownership set for major shake-up
Boldt, one of Argentina's most historically significant gaming conglomerates, is heading toward a major ownership shift after Antonio Eduardo Tabanelli (pictured) launched an operation to acquire the entire stake his sister, Rosana Beatriz Martina Tabanelli, holds in the group - ending the near-even ownership split the siblings inherited ...
Tucumán legislator proposes province-wide ban on online betting
Alfredo Toscano, second vice-president of Argentina’s Tucumán Legislature, has introduced a bill that would prohibit online gambling and sports betting ...
Buenos Aires restricts online betting access for child-support debtors
Buenos Aires City has approved a law barring people registered as delinquent child-support payers from opening or maintaining accounts with authorised ...
Argentina betting-tax bill targets funding for local sports clubs
Argentine national deputy Natalia Zaracho has introduced a bill aimed at strengthening barrio clubs - Argentina's dense network of local, community-run ...
Mendoza closes traditional gaming at Casino de Mendoza amid IPJyC restructuring
Mendoza has closed the traditional gaming area at its central casino in Godoy Cruz, ending roulette, blackjack and poker-table operations as the province ...
Mexico
Mexico crackdown on alleged illegal slots challenged by operators
Mexican authorities are stepping up action against machines they classify as illegal gambling devices, after Operativo Dos de Bastos resulted in the seizure of 3,374 maquinitas across 84 municipalities in the State of Mexico. The July operation was led by the State of Mexico Attorney General’s Office (FGJEM), with support from the armed forces and National Guard, under the National Strategy against Extortion. Authorities alleged that the machines generated ...
Mexico proposes changes to betting law
A lawmaker from Mexico's ruling Morena party in Mexico City's Congress has proposed amendments to the Federal Games and Sweepstakes Law aimed at tackling gambling addiction and introducing tighter controls on online gambling. Alberto ...
Mexico’s SAT to auction Codere-linked stake in Hipódromo de las Américas operator
Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) will auction seized shares in ICELA, the holding company that controls Administradora Mexicana de Hipódromo (AMHI), holder of the permit for the Hipódromo de las Américas and 65 gaming venues, as part ...
Mexico’s Congress demands open-data register of every casino and online betting permit
The Permanent Commission of the Congress of the Union received a draft resolution on 13 May 2026 calling on the Interior Ministry to publish, in open-data format, every permit issued to the country's casinos and sportsbooks, and to name every ...
Colombia
Vives Pinedo takes charge at Coljuegos
Jaime Vives Pinedo has taken over as president of Colombia’s gaming regulator Coljuegos, putting a Santa Marta businessman at the head of one of Latin America’s most established regulated gambling markets as it faces persistent illegal-operator activity and the growing complexity of digital oversight. Vives Pinedo succeeds Marco Emilio Hincapié and was formally appointed through Decree 1189 of 2026, according to Colombian media reports. Coljuegos administers and ...
Coljuegos announces COP $2.56trn in territorial-game health transfers under Petro
Colombia's territorial games — lotteries, chance and the scratchcard product Raspa&Listo — transferred COP $2.56 trillion to the subsidised health regime between 2022 and 2026, according to figures presented by regulator ...
Colombian regulator proposes overhaul of slot machine registry, with wealth tests and tougher penalties
Colombia's gambling regulator has published draft rules that would overhaul the import and sale of slot machines, less than eight months after creating the registry that oversees them. The draft resolution, dated 24 July and issued under ...
Colombia’s outgoing government makes final push to permanently tax online gambling
Colombia's government has introduced a new tax reform bill that would make the taxation of online gambling a permanent feature of the country's fiscal framework, as President Gustavo Petro's administration seeks to raise COP21.9tn ...
Central America
LatAm
Cipriani targets 2027 opening for San Rafael
Italian hospitality entrepreneur Giuseppe Cipriani has set a new opening target for the Hotel Casino San Rafael in Punta del Este after resolving a construction dispute with contractor CRIBA, with the luxury resort and casino now expected to open in October 2027 ahead of Uruguay’s 2027-28 summer season. Cipriani met Uruguay President ...
World Cup sends Mexico betting payments soaring
The 2026 FIFA World Cup delivered a powerful signal for Mexico’s online-betting ecosystem: the volume of digital transactions processed during the ...
Where does iGaming demand go during a World Cup?
Blask Index, Blask's real-time measure of search-driven demand for iGaming brands, tells a more uneven story: demand rose by double digits in most tracked ...
Chilean lottery files fresh complaint against online betting operators
Chile’s state lottery, Polla Chilena de Beneficencia, has filed a criminal complaint against online betting operators, alleging unauthorised gambling, ...
Senator questions government focus on illegal land based gambling in Chile
Chilean senator Karim Bianchi has questioned the government's approach to illegal gambling, arguing that enforcement against unauthorised physical gaming ...
