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Enforcement
Jurisdiction Readings (138 markets)
24 clear/open
81 conditional/active
31 restricted/elevated
| Jurisdiction | Region | Status | Regulatory Summary | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama (US-AL) | Americas | Confirmed | Enforcement is criminal-law based under Ala. | Profile →Brief |
| Alaska (US-AK) | Americas | Probable | Enforcement is administrative (permit suspension/revocation for charitable-gaming violations under AS 05.15.680) and criminal under AS 11.66.200/11.66.280 for unlawful gambling. | Profile →Brief |
| Alberta (CA-AB) | Americas | Probable | Alberta's enforcement posture shifted materially with the close of the transition and grace period on October 13, 2026. | Profile →Brief |
| Alderney (GG-ALD) | Europe | Uncertain | Two Category 1 eGambling licensees, Hudson Street Labs Limited and Small Screen Casinos Limited, no longer appear on the Alderney Gambling Control Commission's published register, as of 13 and 14… | Profile →Brief |
| Algeria (DZ) | Africa | Confirmed | Enforcement in Algeria combines longstanding site-blocking under the Penal Code and Law 18-05 with a newly concrete case: Algerian police dismantled a network of local agents in Béjaïa organising… | Profile →Brief |
| Anjouan (KM-A) | Africa | Confirmed | The Central Bank of the Comoros issued a public warning communique on 8 December 2025 against entities falsely claiming financial or institutional status linked to the Union of the Comoros, a… | Profile →Brief |
| Antigua and Barbuda (AG) | Caribbean | Probable | The Financial Services Regulatory Commission's confirmed enforcement footprint consists of a regulatory notice dated 16 June 2016 stating that Gaming Ventures Ltd, trading as www.sportsbook.ag and… | Profile →Brief |
| Argentina (AR) | Americas | Probable | Enforcement against unlicensed gambling in Argentina escalated materially this cycle. | Profile →Brief |
| Arizona (US-AZ) | Americas | Probable | The Arizona Department of Gaming's Division of Racing summarily suspended Skyfall 7, LLC dba Turf Paradise's teletrack wagering permit effective 16 October 2026, citing lack of property access and… | Profile →Brief |
| Arkansas (US-AR) | Americas | Probable | No punitive enforcement action against a licensed Arkansas gaming operator was reported this cycle. | Profile →Brief |
| Asia-Pacific (APAC) | Asia-Pacific | Unknown | Enforcement exposure in APAC follows two distinct logics rather than one regional pattern. | Profile →Brief |
| Australia (AU) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | Australian Online Gaming Enforcement Regulating bodies Commonwealth / Federal: As stated in the General marketing section, Australia has Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation which applies to… | Profile →Brief |
| Austria (AT) | Europe | Confirmed | ## Regulating bodies Gambling: In this area, the regulating body is Finanzamt Österreich ("Tax Office Austria"), under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), see explanations below. | Profile →Brief |
| Bangladesh (BD) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | Chapter 3 of the Gambling Prevention Act, 2026 sets penalties of up to seven years' imprisonment and a fine of up to Tk 5 crore for most online offences under sections 16, 17, 20 and 23, rising to… | Profile →Brief |
| Belgium (BE) | Europe | Confirmed | The Gaming Commission signed a cooperation agreement with DNS Belgium to improve detection of illegal gambling sites operating under '.be' domains, extending its enforcement reach against unlicensed… | Profile →Brief |
| Belize (BZ) | Americas | Probable | Belize's clearest enforcement precedent is the Lotteries Committee's 2023 revocation of Brads Gaming Group Ltd's exclusive licence to administer the government lotteries, taken for material and… | Profile →Brief |
| Brazil (BR) | Americas | Probable | Operators were required to take betting sites and apps offline within ten days of MP 1,394/2026's 25 September 2026 publication, a deadline falling on 6 October 2026. | Profile →Brief |
| British Columbia (CA-BC) | Americas | Confirmed | Enforcement exposure this cycle centres on federal AML action against BCLC, British Columbia's principal gambling operator. | Profile →Brief |
| Bulgaria (BG) | Europe | Probable | ## Regulating bodies The National Revenue Agency (NRA) is the Gambling Regulator: www.nra.bg Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Commission, oversees data protection: www.cpdp.bg ## Supervision by… | Profile →Brief |
| California (US-CA) | Americas | Confirmed | The Bureau of Gambling Control's self-described decision window on pending cardroom game applications — publicly anticipated to run from July 30 to September 29, 2026, with denied games required to… | Profile →Brief |
| Cambodia (KH) | Asia-Pacific | Probable | Enforcement intensified sharply in October 2026. | Profile →Brief |
| Cameroon (CM) | Africa | Confirmed | The 15 March 2026 large-taxpayer filing deadline passed for foreign betting and casino platforms to comply with the new three percent digital tax established under the 2026 Finance Law. | Profile →Brief |
| China (CN) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | Fujian provincial courts delivered first-instance verdicts on 13 October 2026 against a Myanmar-border (Kokang) crime family that ran illegal casinos and scam compounds targeting Chinese nationals. | Profile →Brief |
| Colorado (US-CO) | Americas | Probable | SB26-163 broadens the inspection authority available to Division of Gaming investigators as part of the racing-regulator consolidation, a probable development supported by the bill summary though not… | Profile →Brief |
| Comoros (KM) | Africa | Uncertain | Enforcement rests on general criminal law rather than a sector-specific regulator. | Profile →Brief |
| Connecticut (US-CT) | Americas | Confirmed | Connecticut's enforcement posture centres on a multi-forum dispute over sports-event-contract trading by prediction-market platforms. | Profile →Brief |
| Costa Rica (CR) | Americas | Confirmed | Costa Rica's Ministerio de Hacienda sanctioned ten land-based casinos in San Jose, Alajuela, Heredia and Puntarenas a combined CRC 361.5 million, approximately US$792,000, following September 2026… | Profile →Brief |
| Croatia (HR) | Europe | Probable | NN 72/2025 introduces a new statutory enforcement lever: withdrawal of the right to operate games of chance for non-compliance with socially-responsible-operation measures, referencing the Uredba o… | Profile →Brief |
| Côte d'Ivoire (CI) | Africa | Probable | Enforcement in Cote d'Ivoire rests on the licensing-offence structure of Law No. 2020-480, under which operation outside the LONACI concession or an ARJH authorisation is itself unlawful, backed… | Profile →Brief |
| Delaware (US-DE) | Americas | Probable | Delaware's Division of Gaming Enforcement has established a repeatable enforcement pattern against unlicensed sweepstakes-style casino operators. | Profile →Brief |
| District of Columbia (US-DC) | Americas | Confirmed | The DC Office of the Attorney General secured a $6.5 million settlement -- $5 million from Intralot and $1.5 million from Veterans Services Corporation -- resolving False Claims Act allegations of… | Profile →Brief |
| Dominican Republic (DO) | Americas | Uncertain | DGJA's first enforcement acts, issued 13 October 2026, were Resolutions 01-2026 and 02-2026. | Profile →Brief |
| Ecuador (EC) | Americas | Probable | Enforcement powers are set out in the Reglamento General a la Ley Orgánica del Deporte, given effect through Decreto Ejecutivo 422, and include licence suspension of up to 180 days and the blocking… | Profile →Brief |
| Egypt (EG) | Africa | Probable | Since February 2026, Egypt's Parliament Communications and Information Technology Committee has run an active campaign blocking unlicensed offshore betting apps and sites, using hosting and DNS-level… | Profile →Brief |
| Estonia (EE) | Europe | Probable | Enforcement exposure this cycle centres on a procedural tightening rather than a new sanctions regime. | Profile →Brief |
| European Economic Area (EEA) | Europe | Uncertain | Profile →Brief | |
| Florida (US-FL) | Americas | Confirmed | Florida's 2026 enforcement posture is aggressive and multi-pronged. | Profile →Brief |
| France (FR) | Europe | Confirmed | The Autorite nationale des jeux referred a licensed gambling operator to the commission nationale des sanctions, the Monetary and Financial Code's dedicated AML/CFT sanctions body, in July 2025 — the… | Profile →Brief |
| Georgia (US-GA) | Americas | Confirmed | Enforcement runs on two tracks: GLC administrative sanctions against COAM licensees (fines up to $50,000, license suspension/revocation) and GBI Commercial Gambling Unit (CGU, established August… | Profile →Brief |
| Germany (DE) | Europe | Confirmed | Regulatory bodies Since 1st July 2022, the Joint Gambling Authority (“GGL”) has gradually replaced the Saxony-Anhalt State Administration Office as the body charged with taking action against… | Profile →Brief |
| Ghana (GH) | Africa | Probable | GCG completed a four-office regional expansion in 2026, adding compliance and enforcement presence in Ho, Agona Swedru, Ashanti Bekwai, and Sefwi Wiawso. | Profile →Brief |
| Gibraltar (GI) | Europe | Probable | Gibraltar's enforcement landscape is being reshaped this cycle by the Gambling Act 2025's split of licensing from enforcement, effective 1 April 2026: the Commissioner and the new Gambling Division… | Profile →Brief |
| Greece (GR) | Europe | Probable | ## Regulating bodies The HGC has authority to review, suspend, and revoke operating licences where operator failings are identified. | Profile →Brief |
| Guernsey (GG) | Europe | Probable | AGCC's enforcement record shows a regulator prepared to use its strongest powers once an operator's financial integrity or ownership basis is called into question. | Profile →Brief |
| Hawaii (US-HI) | Americas | Probable | Enforcement is the most active dimension of Hawaii's gambling landscape this cycle. | Profile →Brief |
| Hong Kong (HK) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | Enforcement exposure runs on two tracks. | Profile →Brief |
| Iceland (IS) | Europe | Probable | Iceland's monopoly is statutorily protected but enforcement is practically weak. | Profile →Brief |
| Idaho (US-ID) | Americas | Probable | Enforcement is criminal-statute based. The clearest recent precedent is the Idaho Attorney General's 2015-16 conclusion that paid daily fantasy sports contests meet the state's gambling definition… | Profile →Brief |
| Illinois (US-IL) | Americas | Confirmed | A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois held on 2 October 2026 that Illinois' sports-wagering licensing and criminal provisions, as applied to prediction-market sports event contracts… | Profile →Brief |
| Indiana (US-IN) | Americas | Confirmed | The Indiana Gaming Commission unanimously denied an NCAA petition, heard around September 2026, to prohibit college player proposition bets statewide, instead deferring the broader policy question to… | Profile →Brief |
| Indonesia (ID) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | Enforcement against Indonesia's standing prohibition on online gambling intensified across financial, content and physical channels. | Profile →Brief |
| Iowa (US-IA) | Americas | Probable | Enforcement activity in Iowa this period runs on two tracks. | Profile →Brief |
| Ireland (IE) | Europe | Confirmed | ## Regulating bodies Under Old Laws: Only betting and lottery products are regulated in Ireland. | Profile →Brief |
| Japan (JP) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | The material enforcement development this cycle is the 25 September 2025 entry into force of an amendment to the Gambling Dependency Countermeasures Basic Act, which makes presentation or… | Profile →Brief |
| Jersey (JE) | Europe | Confirmed | Profile →Brief | |
| Kahnawake (CA-KAH) | Americas | Unknown | KGC issued a Show Cause Notice against Polar Ventures SDRL, resulting in suspension of its Client Provider Authorization effective 29 September 2026, as stated in the Commission's own advisory notice… | Profile →Brief |
| Kazakhstan (KZ) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | A six-month campaign reported at Prime Ministerial level saw Kazakhstan's second-tier banks block more than 21 million dollars across roughly 402,000 transactions linked to illegal casino platforms… | Profile →Brief |
| Kentucky (US-KY) | Americas | Confirmed | Kentucky's enforcement posture against prediction-market operators moved procedurally. | Profile →Brief |
| Kenya (KE) | Africa | Probable | The principal enforcement-adjacent development is procedural: Judicial Review E251 of 2026, brought against the fee and capital schedules in the Gambling Control (Licensing) Regulations 2026, was… | Profile →Brief |
| Laos (LA) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | Laos's enforcement record shows an escalating pattern between 2018 and 2026 rather than a conventional licence-conditions regime. | Profile →Brief |
| Latin America (LATAM) | Americas | Probable | The DGJA's first formal acts on beginning operations, issued 13 October 2026, were Resolutions 01-2026 and 02-2026. | Profile →Brief |
| Liechtenstein (LI) | Europe | Probable | The land-based casino admission moratorium, introduced by a November 2022 Landtag resolution, lapsed on 31 December 2025. | Profile →Brief |
| Lithuania (LT) | Europe | Probable | The LLI ordered a block against Polymarket on 21 September 2026, treating the platform's event-outcome wagering activity as unlicensed remote gambling or betting under the existing licensing statute… | Profile →Brief |
| Louisiana (US-LA) | Americas | Probable | The LGCB's 15 October 2026 unanimous vote declining DraftKings' full licence renewal is the central enforcement development. | Profile →Brief |
| Luxembourg (LU) | Europe | Probable | Luxembourg's enforcement baseline today rests on Criminal Code Articles 301 to 308, carrying penalties of eight days to six months' imprisonment and fines of EUR 251 to 25,000 for unlawful gambling… | Profile →Brief |
| Macau (MO) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | DICJ disclosed, via a written legislative reply, 22 administrative infraction proceedings opened against concessionaires since the 2022 gaming law, of which 5 resulted in sanctions and 10 were closed… | Profile →Brief |
| Maine (US-ME) | Americas | Probable | LD 2007 established a civil-penalty regime, USD 10,000 to 100,000 per violation, for unlicensed online sweepstakes casinos, effective July 29, 2026, with mandatory licence revocation for any existing… | Profile →Brief |
| Malaysia (MY) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | ## Regulating bodies The MOF and the Royal Malaysian Police (“Police”) are the main authority involved in regulating the gambling sector in Malaysia; whilst the Malaysian Commission and Multimedia… | Profile →Brief |
| Malta (MT) | Europe | Probable | ## Regulating bodies The Malta Gaming Authority (the “MGA”) is the main regulatory authority. | Profile →Brief |
| Marshall Islands (MH) | Asia-Pacific | Probable | Enforcement of 31 MIRC Ch.4 runs through the police rather than through a dedicated gambling regulator. | Profile →Brief |
| Maryland (US-MD) | Americas | Probable | The Maryland Board of Contract Appeals sanctioned the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency on 28 September 2026 for repeatedly obstructing discovery in the ongoing dispute over the state… | Profile →Brief |
| Massachusetts (US-MA) | Americas | Confirmed | The Commission's enforcement posture escalated materially this cycle. | Profile →Brief |
| Mexico (MX) | Americas | Probable | On 13 October 2026, the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated a Cartel del Noreste financial network under Executive Order 14059 (illicit drug trade) and Executive Order 13224 as… | Profile →Brief |
| Michigan (US-MI) | Americas | Confirmed | The Michigan Gaming Control Board issued cease-and-desist letters to 33 offshore gambling operators on October 8, 2026, covering unlicensed online casino, sweepstakes-style, and sports betting… | Profile →Brief |
| Minnesota (US-MN) | Americas | Confirmed | Enforcement activity ran on two tracks. The Attorney General's Office issued cease-and-desist orders to fourteen online sweepstakes-casino operators in November 2025, directing them to exit Minnesota… | Profile →Brief |
| Mississippi (US-MS) | Americas | Probable | Profile →Brief | |
| Missouri (US-MO) | Americas | Probable | Novig, operating as Ludlow Exchange LLC, filed a federal complaint on 16 October 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, MGC… | Profile →Brief |
| Montana (US-MT) | Americas | Probable | Montana's enforcement position this period is dominated by the Kalshi dispute. | Profile →Brief |
| Morocco (MA) | Africa | Probable | Morocco's enforcement posture against offshore online gambling was destabilised this cycle by a judicial reversal. | Profile →Brief |
| Myanmar (MM) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | Enforcement against Myanmar-linked unlicensed casino and scam-centre activity came entirely from foreign authorities. | Profile →Brief |
| Nebraska (US-NE) | Americas | Uncertain | A 2026 racetrack and gaming omnibus bill transfers oversight and funding of the Nebraska Commission on Problem Gaming from the Department of Revenue to the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission… | Profile →Brief |
| Nepal (NP) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | The Nepal Police Cyber Bureau coordinated an enforcement action resulting in fifty-three arrests for operating illegal online casinos, and separately investigated an individual who used eight or more… | Profile →Brief |
| Nevada (US-NV) | Americas | Confirmed | Nevada's enforcement posture centres on prediction markets. | Profile →Brief |
| New Brunswick (CA-NB) | Americas | Probable | FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CA$399,712.50 on the New Brunswick Lotteries and Gaming Corporation on 24 July 2026, announced 3 September 2026, for non-compliance with Part 1… | Profile →Brief |
| New Hampshire (US-NH) | Americas | Confirmed | Profile →Brief | |
| New Mexico (US-NM) | Americas | Confirmed | New Mexico's enforcement posture centres on a multi-front dispute over federally-registered event contracts rather than any new rule from the Gaming Control Board. | Profile →Brief |
| New York (US-NY) | Americas | Confirmed | A federal court in the Southern District of New York denied Kalshi's motion for a preliminary injunction, holding that New York gambling law as applied to Kalshi's sports-event contracts is not… | Profile →Brief |
| New Zealand (NZ) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | The Department of Internal Affairs renewed its prohibition on advertising unlicensed online casino gambling with effect from 1 May 2026, carrying take-down powers and penalties of up to NZD 5,000,000… | Profile →Brief |
| Nigeria (NG) | Africa | Uncertain | Enforcement is rules-based and targets both licensed and unlicensed operators. | Profile →Brief |
| North Carolina (US-NC) | Americas | Probable | No licence suspensions, revocations, or enforcement actions were identified for North Carolina this cycle. | Profile →Brief |
| North Dakota (US-ND) | Americas | Uncertain | North Dakota's Gaming Division exercised its licensing-enforcement powers materially. | Profile →Brief |
| Ohio (US-OH) | Americas | Confirmed | Ohio's enforcement posture tightened materially following the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals' 25 September 2026 ruling that Ohio may regulate Kalshi's sports-event contracts as gambling, rejecting… | Profile →Brief |
| Oklahoma (US-OK) | Americas | Confirmed | SB 1589 creates a new Class C2 felony for operating or facilitating online sweepstakes-casino games that risk a representative of value, becoming law via veto override (Senate 34-10, House 68-19) on… | Profile →Brief |
| Ontario (CA-ON) | Americas | Confirmed | There have been no prosecutions under the Criminal Code of non-local online gambling operators in Canada. | Profile →Brief |
| Oregon (US-OR) | Americas | Confirmed | This cycle's defining enforcement development is not a state regulatory action but a private federal class action against Kalshi, alleging an illegal online gambling enterprise under Oregon law and… | Profile →Brief |
| Pakistan (PK) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | The defining enforcement development is a Federal Investigation Agency action out of its Faisalabad circle, booking eight suspects over a network of online gambling platforms including U7777 Game… | Profile →Brief |
| Panama (PA) | Americas | Probable | Press reporting on Bill No. 403 describes an expanded JCJ enforcement toolkit: fines of up to 10% of an operator's revenue, licence suspension, and criminal proceedings against executives or… | Profile →Brief |
| Philippines (PH) | Asia-Pacific | Probable | The Department of Justice declared POGOs fully eradicated nationwide in April 2026, stating there are no official POGOs left in the country. | Profile →Brief |
| Qatar (QA) | Middle East | Probable | The Ministry of Interior enforces Qatar's total gambling prohibition purely through criminal-justice channels, with no dedicated gambling regulator involved. | Profile →Brief |
| Quebec (CA-QC) | Americas | Confirmed | Quebec adopts a passive-blockade posture. | Profile →Brief |
| Rhode Island (US-RI) | Americas | Probable | Rhode Island's Attorney General sued Kalshi and Polymarket's US entity, alleging their sports-related event contracts constitute unlicensed sports betting under state law. | Profile →Brief |
| Rwanda (RW) | Africa | Probable | The Rwanda Development Board suspended Baron Sports Gaming Ltd, trading as Forzza, on 31 July 2026, for offering casino-style games outside the scope of its sports-betting-only licence, and ordered… | Profile →Brief |
| Saudi Arabia (SA) | Middle East | Confirmed | Saudi enforcement against unlicensed gambling access operates through two channels rather than a dedicated gambling regulator. | Profile →Brief |
| Senegal (SN) | Africa | Confirmed | Enforcement risk tightened materially this cycle. | Profile →Brief |
| Serbia (RS) | Europe | Confirmed | The 2024 amendment to the Law on Games of Chance equips the Games of Chance Administration with an expedited licence-revocation power, triggered where organised-crime involvement or unauthorised… | Profile →Brief |
| Seychelles (SC) | Africa | Probable | The FSA's enforcement activity against the offshore and online segment has taken the form of public non-licensure notices rather than fines, criminal referral, or licence revocation. | Profile →Brief |
| Slovakia (SK) | Europe | Probable | Enforcement in Slovakia sits on the civil-law statutory-licensing stack: unlicensed gambling operation is an offence under Act No. 30/2019 Coll. itself, with URHH's active site-blocking regime as the… | Profile →Brief |
| Slovenia (SI) | Europe | Probable | FURS conducts both direct (on-site inspection) and indirect (connected supervisory information system) supervision of concessionaires and unlicensed operators. | Profile →Brief |
| South Africa (ZA) | Africa | Probable | The National Gambling Board's enforcement powers rest on the durable statutory basis of section 16 of the National Gambling Act 7 of 2004, permitting investigation and High Court application for… | Profile →Brief |
| South Carolina (US-SC) | Americas | Uncertain | A federal court sentenced Bubba Technology Group, LLC for operating an illegal gambling organization built around unlicensed 'Fish Machines' leased to convenience stores and bars statewide. | Profile →Brief |
| South Dakota (US-SD) | Americas | Probable | The South Dakota Commission on Gaming's enforcement posture this cycle is best described as reactive but engaged. | Profile →Brief |
| South Korea (KR) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | A nationwide, multi-agency campaign against unlicensed hold'em-pub casinos and illegal online and offshore gambling ran from May to August 2026, timed ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. | Profile →Brief |
| Spain (ES) | Europe | Confirmed | The dominant enforcement development this cycle is a confirmed, Tier-1-sourced action against 888 Online Games España, SA, fined two penalties of €275,976 each (€551,952 total) plus a public… | Profile →Brief |
| Sri Lanka (LK) | Asia-Pacific | Probable | Enforcement under the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act, No. 17 of 2025 is beginning to take visible shape even before the licensing framework itself is complete. | Profile →Brief |
| Taiwan (TW) | Asia-Pacific | Probable | Taiwan's enforcement posture against unlicensed gambling intensified materially this cycle. | Profile →Brief |
| Tanzania (TZ) | Africa | Uncertain | GBT reaffirmed, in a notice dated 10 April 2026, its suspension of new slot-machine and route-operation licences pending completion of a national Electronic Monitoring System (EMS). | Profile →Brief |
| Texas (US-TX) | Americas | Probable | This cycle's enforcement developments center on the fallout from the April 2023 Lotto Texas $95 million drawing rather than on private commercial-gambling operators, but the escalation is… | Profile →Brief |
| Thailand (TH) | Asia-Pacific | Probable | The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society disclosed that it blocked 945,075 gambling-related URLs in fiscal year 2026, with 835,207 of those blocked by court order and 109,868 through platform… | Profile →Brief |
| Tobique First Nation (CA-TFN) | Americas | Probable | Regulating Bodies. TGC is the regulator, where DLAG is appointed and licensed to carry out many of the monitoring activities on its behalf TGC has powers under the Gaming Act and Codes to inspect and… | Profile →Brief |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TT) | Caribbean | Uncertain | Profile →Brief | |
| Tunisia (TN) | Africa | Probable | Enforcement in Tunisia has historically been described as suppression-oriented rather than systematically pursued, with rare action taken against individual users of offshore gambling sites. | Profile →Brief |
| Turkey (TR) | Europe | Confirmed | Two coordinated operations mark a material escalation in enforcement reach. | Profile →Brief |
| Uganda (UG) | Africa | Probable | NLGRB's five-year Strategic Plan (FY2025/26-FY2029/30) reports that compliance improved from 68 percent to 79 percent and that 4,400 illegal gaming machines were confiscated in FY2025/26 alone. | Profile →Brief |
| United Arab Emirates (AE) | Middle East | Probable | General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA): Federal regulator for commercial gaming, including casinos and lottery. | Profile →Brief |
| United Kingdom (UK) | Europe | Confirmed | The Gambling Commission operates a proactive, risk-based enforcement regime. | Profile →Brief |
| United States (US) | Americas | Confirmed | The CFTC invoked emergency authority on August 11, 2026, to order Kalshi to continue operating in New York despite a state Attorney General lawsuit alleging the platform operated unlicensed sports… | Profile →Brief |
| Uruguay (UY) | Americas | Probable | Uruguay is a rule-of-law jurisdiction with procedural, low-intensity enforcement in the gambling sector. | Profile →Brief |
| Utah (US-UT) | Americas | Confirmed | Enforcement exposure in Utah tightened materially. | Profile →Brief |
| Vanuatu (VU) | Asia-Pacific | Uncertain | The clearest enforcement power identified sits in the Vanuatu Interactive Gaming Act [Cap 261]: the Regulator may suspend, revoke, or decline to renew an interactive gaming licence, but only after… | Profile →Brief |
| Venezuela (VE) | Americas | Confirmed | The operative enforcement event this period is Conalot's 17 October 2026 communiqué to its IOBPAS lottery licensees, warning that organising, commercialising or sponsoring bingo activity in any form… | Profile →Brief |
| Vermont (US-VT) | Americas | Probable | Vermont's Department of Liquor and Lottery executed a court-authorized search warrant at an Essex Junction residence on May 19, 2026, seizing poker tables, gambling materials, and alcoholic beverages… | Profile →Brief |
| Vietnam (VN) | Asia-Pacific | Confirmed | Two enforcement actions indicate active and intensifying law-enforcement attention to unlicensed online gambling intersecting with fraud and money laundering. | Profile →Brief |
| Virginia (US-VA) | Americas | Confirmed | No enforcement action was identified this cycle; the Virginia Lottery Board's 2026 enforcement and penalty log was not independently pulled from valottery.com. | Profile →Brief |
| Washington (US-WA) | Americas | Confirmed | Enforcement in Washington operates on the same two layers common to us-state jurisdictions: a federal overlay (Wire Act exposure for interstate wagering absent a compact, UIGEA financial-blocking… | Profile →Brief |
| West Virginia (US-WV) | Americas | Probable | The West Virginia Lottery Commission shut off 172 limited video lottery machines at 26 Trans-Allegheny Enterprises retail locations on 2 October 2026 for failure to submit annual re-licensure… | Profile →Brief |
| Wisconsin (US-WI) | Americas | Probable | Wisconsin's enforcement picture centres on a constitutional challenge to 2025 Wisconsin Act 247, the statute authorising tribal-exclusive statewide mobile sports betting through a hub-and-spoke… | Profile →Brief |
| Wyoming (US-WY) | Americas | Probable | HB0043 creates Wyoming's first standalone state felony offenses for money laundering and illegal investment, codified at W.S. 6-3-1101 through 6-3-1103 and effective July 1, 2026. | Profile →Brief |
| Zambia (ZM) | Africa | Uncertain | Zambia's Constitutional Court dismissed an interim injunction application brought by Betbio Zambia Limited, trading as BetPawa, and Emerald Bay Limited, trading as Betway, against the Zambia Revenue… | Profile →Brief |