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Brazil’s top court to fast‑track key betting cases after talks with finance minister
The president of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF), Justice Edson Fachin, has held a high-level meeting with Finance Minister Dario Durigan to review the oversight of fixed‑odds betting operators in the country, according to a statement from the Court.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Who’s running Chile’s unlicensed betting market?
Chile's online betting platforms operate without a single local licence, yet their footprint is now large enough that named executives, university credentials and reporting lines back to Cyprus, Estonia and Greece have become a legitimate story in their own right, according to reporting by Diario Financiero.
Senate edges towards vote on casino and gambling bill in Brazil says senator
Senator Irajá Abreu has said that the Federal Senate may vote, before the July parliamentary recess, on the bill that regulates games of chance in Brazil. The proposal authorises the operation of casinos and bingo halls, legalises the “jogo do bicho” numbers game, and permits betting on horse racing.
Pressure builds in Brazil for advertising restrictions
Senator Carlos Portinho has called, in a speech in the Senate plenary, for progress in the Chamber of Deputies on bills approved by the Senate concerning the regulation of sports betting advertising.
São Paulo City Council files against lottery ban
The São Paulo City Council has filed an appeal in the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) against Justice Kassio Nunes Marques’ decision that suspended Municipal Law 18,172/2024, which created the public lottery service in the capital.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Sinapo Forum aims to improve regulation and oversight over gambling in Brazil
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance has taken another important step in organising its legal framework with the creation of a new national forum over gambling called Sinapo (the National Systematization of Bets Forum) via Ordinance 227.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Uruguay tightens online gambling requirements to protect players
The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay, through the National Directorate of Lotteries and Betting (DNLQ), has approved a new resolution that strengthens the requirements for responsible gaming and sets mandatory guidelines for licensed gambling operators.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Gambling “taking over football” and driving corruption says Brazil’s President
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated on Friday, the 16th, that online casinos and betting are "taking over" football, advertising, and driving corruption in Brazil.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Betting agencies in Buenos Aires Province will be permitted to register bettors on online platforms
The Provincial Institute of Lotteries and Casinos of Buenos Aires (IPLyC) has advanced a new regulation that enables betting agencies in the Province of Buenos Aires to function as a registration channel for gamblers on authorized online gambling platforms.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Legislator proposes gambling advertising ban in clubs and stadiums in Tucumán Province in Argentina
Legislator Claudio Viña has presented initiatives to prohibit gambling advertising in clubs and stadiums and require biometric controls on online platforms, in order to protect children and adolescents from gambling related harm in Tucumán Province in Argentina.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
President Lula signs bill making payment institutions and advertisers jointly liable for illegal online gambling
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Decree No. 12,808/2025, published in the Official Gazette of the Union which establishes joint liability for banks, payment methods, and advertisers for taxes owed in the illegal operation of fixed-odds betting.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Brazil’s gambling regulator and Digital Council extend agreement to combat illegal gambling
The Secretariat for Prizes and Betting of the Ministry of Finance (SPA-MF) and the Brazilian Digital Council have signed an addendum to extend the Cooperation Agreement to combat the illegal and irregular promotion of fixed-odds betting.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
