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## Jurisdiction Readings (130 markets)

19 clear/open 65 conditional/active

| 46 restricted/elevated Jurisdiction | Region | Status | Regulatory Summary | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Alabama](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/alabama/)(US-AL) | Americas | | Confirmed Alabama has no legal statewide lottery, commercial casino, or sports betting. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/alabama/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-AL) |
| [Alaska](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/alaska/)(US-AK) | Americas | | Confirmed This cycle's evidence centres on SB 170, a comprehensive amendment to Alaska's charitable-gaming statute (AS 05.15), which introduces electronic pull-tab systems, lowers the minimum participation age… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/alaska/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-AK) |
| [Alberta](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/alberta/)(CA-AB) | Americas | | Confirmed Alberta's regulated iGaming market closed its three-month transition and grace period on October 13, 2026, moving from a deliberately tolerated unregulated-to-regulated migration window into an… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/alberta/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CA-AB) |
| [Algeria](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/algeria/)(DZ) | Africa | | Confirmed Algeria maintains a closed state-monopoly gambling market with no private licensing pathway; the PSA lottery and sports pool and the PMU horse-racing tote remain the only lawful operators. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/algeria/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=DZ) |
| [Anjouan](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/anjouan/)(KM-A) | Africa | | Confirmed The Union of the Comoros maintains a confirmed national prohibition on gambling. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/anjouan/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=KM-A) |
| [Argentina](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/argentina/)(AR) | Americas | | Probable Buenos Aires Province is the active centre of gambling-regulatory movement in Argentina this period. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/argentina/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=AR) |
| [Arizona](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/arizona/)(US-AZ) | Americas | | Confirmed The Arizona Department of Gaming's Division of Racing summarily suspended Skyfall 7, LLC dba Turf Paradise's teletrack permit effective 16 October 2026, closing the on-track simulcasting and… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/arizona/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-AZ) |
| [Arkansas](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/arkansas/)(US-AR) | Americas | | Probable Arkansas's regulated gambling market consists of three licensed casinos, Oaklawn, Southland, and Saracen, offering retail and online sports wagering under Arkansas Racing Commission oversight. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/arkansas/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-AR) |
| [Australia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/australia/)(AU) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Australia's federal interactive gambling framework is undergoing its most substantial restructuring in years through the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Act 2026, which received… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/australia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=AU) |
| [Austria](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/austria/)(AT) | Europe | | Confirmed Austria remains a federal monopoly jurisdiction for online and land-based gambling under the 1989 GSpG, but the government has for the first time published concrete draft legislation aimed at ending… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/austria/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=AT) |
| [Bangladesh](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/bangladesh/)(BD) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Bangladesh enacted the Gambling Prevention Act, 2026 (Act No. 98 of 2026), published in the Gazette Extraordinary on 1 July 2026 and effective immediately under section 1(2), repealing the Public… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/bangladesh/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=BD) |
| [Belgium](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/belgium/)(BE) | Europe | | Confirmed Belgium's gambling regulatory posture tightened across several fronts this period: a 15 percent rise in the Gaming Commission's annual contribution (the first since 2018), a new mandatory Duty of… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/belgium/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=BE) |
| [Brazil](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/brazil/)(BR) | Americas | | Confirmed Brazil's fixed-odds betting and online casino sector has moved from a one-year-old licensed regime to full nationwide prohibition. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/brazil/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=BR) |
| [British Columbia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/british-columbia/)(CA-BC) | Americas | | Confirmed British Columbia's gambling regulatory architecture underwent a structural reset this cycle: the Gaming Control Act took effect April 13, 2026, creating the Independent Gambling Control Office (IGCO)… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/british-columbia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CA-BC) |
| [Bulgaria](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/bulgaria/)(BG) | Europe | | Probable Bulgaria's gambling regulatory landscape is dominated this period by a draft Act amending the Gambling Act, notified to the European Commission as 2026/0536/BG on 2 October 2026. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/bulgaria/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=BG) |
| [California](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/california/)(US-CA) | Americas | | Confirmed California's gambling market is structurally bifurcated between 78 licensed non-banked card rooms and more than 75 tribal Class III gaming compacts, with no statewide commercial casino, sports… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/california/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-CA) |
| [Cambodia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cambodia/)(KH) | Asia-Pacific | | Probable Cambodia's casino sector remains under active multi-agency enforcement pressure following the early-October 2026 suspension of online gambling at licensed casino premises nationwide. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cambodia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=KH) |
| [Cameroon](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cameroon/)(CM) | Africa | | Confirmed Cameroon's online-gambling regime saw two material developments this cycle against an otherwise unchanged licensing backdrop. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cameroon/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CM) |
| [China](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/china/)(CN) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Mainland China's gambling regime remains a comprehensive prohibition under Criminal Law Art. 303, with the two state lotteries as the sole lawful exception. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/china/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CN) |
| [Colorado](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/colorado/)(US-CO) | Americas | | Confirmed This cycle surfaces two material Colorado gaming-law developments layered onto a mature, growing sports-betting and limited-gaming market. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/colorado/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-CO) |
| [Connecticut](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/connecticut/)(US-CT) | Americas | | Confirmed Connecticut's licensed gambling market is a stable tribal/lottery duopoly generating strong revenue growth, but this cycle is defined by an aggressive, coordinated enforcement campaign against… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/connecticut/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-CT) |
| [Costa Rica](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/costa-rica/)(CR) | Americas | | Confirmed Costa Rica's gambling sector operates without a dedicated online-gambling licensing framework, governed instead by a 1922-era gambling statute and municipal data-processing certificates that were… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/costa-rica/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CR) |
| [Croatia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/croatia/)(HR) | Europe | | Probable Croatia's Gambling Act was amended by NN 72/2025, introducing higher licence fees, mandatory self-exclusion integration, terminal bans in casual venues, and minimum-distance rules for new venues… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/croatia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=HR) |
| [Côte d'Ivoire](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cote-d-ivoire/)(CI) | Africa | | Probable Cote d'Ivoire operates a dual-regime gambling regulatory structure under Law No. 2020-480 of 27 May 2020. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cote-d-ivoire/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CI) |
| [Delaware](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/delaware/)(US-DE) | Americas | | Confirmed Delaware is the oldest US online gambling market and the first state to launch full-scale real-money online casino gaming on 7 November 2013, following the Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/delaware/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-DE) |
| [District of Columbia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/district-of-columbia/)(US-DC) | Americas | | Probable D.C.'s gambling regime centres on two regulated activity classes: multi-operator sports wagering, opened up by the 2024 reform, and Game of Skill retail machines, whose retail licensing has now split… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/district-of-columbia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-DC) |
| [Dominican Republic](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/dominican-republic/)(DO) | Americas | | Probable Law 86-26, promulgated 22 September 2026 and gazetted 2 October 2026 as Gaceta Oficial No. 11263, replaces the framework built on the 1964 Law 351 and consolidates casinos, lottery banks… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/dominican-republic/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=DO) |
| [Ecuador](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ecuador/)(EC) | Americas | | Probable Ecuador's sports-betting regime moved from a transitional, under-specified licensing state into a formally issued procedure with MINEDEC Acuerdo Ministerial 00078-A, published in the Registro Oficial… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ecuador/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=EC) |
| [Egypt](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/egypt/)(EG) | Africa | | Confirmed Egypt maintains a near-total prohibition on gambling rooted in the 1937 Penal Code (Articles 271 and 352) and the Civil Code (Article 739 voiding gambling contracts), with a narrow foreigner-only… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/egypt/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=EG) |
| [Estonia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/estonia/)(EE) | Europe | | Probable Estonia's gambling market is regulated under the Gambling Act 2008, with EMTA (the Estonian Tax and Customs Board) as licensing authority and register-keeper. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/estonia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=EE) |
| [European Economic Area](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/european-economic-area/)(EEA) | Europe | | | [Confirmed Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/european-economic-area/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=EEA) |
| [Florida](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/florida/)(US-FL) | Americas | | Probable Florida's gambling landscape remains anchored by the Seminole Tribe's compact-based online sports-betting exclusivity through Hard Rock Bet, with the Florida Gaming Control Commission maintaining an… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/florida/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-FL) |
| [France](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/france/)(FR) | Europe | | Confirmed France's licensed gambling market operates under the Autorite nationale des jeux, and this period's record is dominated by two developments rather than a change to market structure. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/france/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=FR) |
| [Georgia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/georgia/)(US-GA) | Americas | | Confirmed Georgia is one of the most restrictive U.S. states on gambling. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/georgia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-GA) |
| [Germany](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/germany/)(DE) | Europe | | Confirmed Germany's gambling regime remains anchored in the Gluecksspielstaatsvertrag 2021 (GlueStV 2021), administered by the Gemeinsame Gluecksspielbehoerde der Laender (GGL), a public-law institution seated… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/germany/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=DE) |
| [Ghana](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ghana/)(GH) | Africa | | Probable Ghana's gambling regime continues to operate under the Gaming Act 2006 (Act 721), with the Gaming Commission of Ghana (GCG) as the sole regulator for non-lottery gambling activity; lotteries sit… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ghana/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=GH) |
| [Gibraltar](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/gibraltar/)(GI) | Europe | | Confirmed Gibraltar replaced its 2005 gambling framework with the Gambling Act 2025, in force from 1 April 2026, structurally splitting licensing from enforcement: the Authority now grants, varies and cancels… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/gibraltar/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=GI) |
| [Greece](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/greece/)(GR) | Europe | | Probable Greece's gambling market combines steady commercial growth with a tightening enforcement posture aimed at the unlicensed sector's promotional layer. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/greece/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=GR) |
| [Guernsey](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/guernsey/)(GG) | Europe | | Probable Guernsey's gambling market is defined by a hard legal division between two regimes. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/guernsey/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=GG) |
| [Hawaii](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/hawaii/)(US-HI) | Americas | | | [Confirmed Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/hawaii/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-HI) |
| [Hong Kong](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/hong-kong/)(HK) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Hong Kong's gambling market continues to be structured around the Hong Kong Jockey Club's exclusive licensed position, with the dominant development this period being the government-ordered… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/hong-kong/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=HK) |
| [Iceland](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/iceland/)(IS) | Europe | | Confirmed Iceland retains its long-standing state-monopoly gambling model under the 2005 Lotteries Act, but that framework is under active pressure for the first time in years. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/iceland/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=IS) |
| [Idaho](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/idaho/)(US-ID) | Americas | | Confirmed Idaho is a constitutionally restrictive jurisdiction: gambling is prohibited under Article III, Section 20 of the state constitution, with only three enumerated exceptions (state lottery, pari-mutuel… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/idaho/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-ID) |
| [Illinois](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/illinois/)(US-IL) | Americas | | Confirmed Illinois' sports-wagering and fantasy-contest framework continues to operate, but a federal court ruling has partially suspended its application to prediction-market exchange contracts. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/illinois/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-IL) |
| [Indiana](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/indiana/)(US-IN) | Americas | | Confirmed Indiana enacted two restrictive gambling-adjacent instruments this period: a prohibition on online sweepstakes games built on dual- or multi-currency systems where virtual currency can be exchanged… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/indiana/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-IN) |
| [Indonesia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/indonesia/)(ID) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Indonesia maintains a total, standing national prohibition on all forms of gambling, criminal in basis and treated as durable. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/indonesia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=ID) |
| [Iowa](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/iowa/)(US-IA) | Americas | | Probable Iowa's gambling regime remains anchored in the licensed casino, sports-betting, and daily fantasy sports framework under Iowa Code Chapter 99F, administered by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/iowa/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-IA) |
| [Ireland](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ireland/)(IE) | Europe | | Confirmed Ireland's gambling regime underwent its most significant structural change in nearly a century. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ireland/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=IE) |
| [Japan](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/japan/)(JP) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Japan's integrated-resort market structure remains anchored by a single approved licence, MGM Resorts' Osaka IR at Yumeshima, with two of the three statutory licences contemplated under the IR… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/japan/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=JP) |
| [Kansas](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kansas/)(US-KS) | Americas | | Probable The defining development for Kansas is legal rather than legislative: Attorney General Kris Kobach joined a thirty-nine to forty state coalition amicus brief filed 7 October 2026 at the U.S. Supreme… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kansas/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-KS) |
| [Kazakhstan](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kazakhstan/)(KZ) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Kazakhstan operates a licensed land-based casino zone model concentrated in the Kapshagay/Konaev and Borovoye enclaves, alongside licensed online sports betting via bookmaker/ESU integration, while… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kazakhstan/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=KZ) |
| [Kentucky](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kentucky/)(US-KY) | Americas | | Probable This cycle's dominant development is the legislature's override of Governor Beshear's veto of House Bill 904, which raised Kentucky's minimum sports-wagering age to 21 (effective July 13, 2026)… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kentucky/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-KY) |
| [Kenya](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kenya/)(KE) | Africa | | Probable Kenya's gambling regime operates under the Gambling Control Act, 2025, implemented through six sets of regulations published between 29 June and 2 July 2026. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kenya/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=KE) |
| [Latin America](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/latin-america/)(LATAM) | Americas | | Probable The Dominican Republic's new games-of-chance regulator, the DGJA, began formal operations on 13 October 2026 under Law No. 86-26, an autonomous authority established 2 October 2026 to replace the… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/latin-america/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=LATAM) |
| [Liechtenstein](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/liechtenstein/)(LI) | Europe | | Probable Liechtenstein's gambling market this period is dominated by a live dispute over the Geldspielabgabe (gaming levy) between the State and the host communes of Gamprin and Mauren, playing out inside the… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/liechtenstein/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=LI) |
| [Lithuania](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/lithuania/)(LT) | Europe | | Probable Lithuania's gambling market is administered by a single regulator, the Losimu prieziuros tarnyba (LPT), which issues licences across a stable, unchanged class taxonomy spanning remote gambling, table… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/lithuania/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=LT) |
| [Louisiana](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/louisiana/)(US-LA) | Americas | | Confirmed Louisiana's gambling market is defined by a single regulatory event with ripple effects: the Louisiana Gaming Control Board's decision to decline full licence renewal for DraftKings, substituting a… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/louisiana/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-LA) |
| [Luxembourg](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/luxembourg/)(LU) | Europe | | Probable Luxembourg's gambling market remains structured around a two-incumbent monopoly: Loterie Nationale holds exclusive rights over lottery and online gambling products, while Casino 2000 operates as the… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/luxembourg/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=LU) |
| [Macau](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/macau/)(MO) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Macau's gambling market is a concession-based system, with six DICJ-licensed concessionaires operating under the 2022 gaming law and 29 gaming promoters authorised for 2026 under a fixed 1.25 percent… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/macau/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=MO) |
| [Maine](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/maine/)(US-ME) | Americas | | Probable LD 1164, the Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations Through Internet Gaming, authorized tribal-exclusive online casino gaming in Maine and took effect in July 2026, but its… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/maine/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-ME) |
| [Malaysia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/malaysia/)(MY) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Malaysia operates a prohibition-family regime with a narrow band of land-based, non-Muslim-only state-monopoly carve-outs. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/malaysia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=MY) |
| [Malta](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/malta/)(MT) | Europe | | Confirmed Malta's gaming tax regime was restructured effective 1 October 2026 under Legal Notice 84 of 2026, which amends the Gaming Tax Regulations (Subsidiary Legislation 583.10) to move from a flat 5% rate… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/malta/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=MT) |
| [Marshall Islands](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/marshall-islands/)(MH) | Asia-Pacific | | Probable The Marshall Islands maintains a blanket statutory prohibition on gaming and gambling under 31 MIRC Ch.4, the Gaming and Recreation Prohibition Act 1998, which permits no commercial licensing pathway… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/marshall-islands/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=MH) |
| [Maryland](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/maryland/)(US-MD) | Americas | | Probable Maryland's gambling regulatory landscape this cycle is dominated by a contested enforcement campaign against unlicensed sports-event-contract operators, Kalshi, Crypto.com, Polymarket and Robinhood… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/maryland/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-MD) |
| [Massachusetts](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/massachusetts/)(US-MA) | Americas | | Confirmed Massachusetts operates an active sports-wagering market across seven online licensees (Bally Bet, BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, Fanatics, FanDuel, and theScore Bet) plus three retail books, all… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/massachusetts/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-MA) |
| [Mexico](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/mexico/)(MX) | Americas | | Probable The dominant development for Mexico is a joint OFAC/UIF enforcement action naming a licensed quarter-horse racing venue, Club La Molienda in Nuevo Laredo, as part of a Cartel del Noreste financial… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/mexico/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=MX) |
| [Michigan](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/michigan/)(US-MI) | Americas | | Confirmed Michigan's regulatory activity centered on enforcement rather than structural change to its licensing framework. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/michigan/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-MI) |
| [Minnesota](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/minnesota/)(US-MN) | Americas | | Confirmed Minnesota remains a no-commercial-casino, no-sports-betting jurisdiction, with commercial-gambling activity confined to tribal Class III gaming under existing IGRA compacts and charitable gambling… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/minnesota/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-MN) |
| [Mississippi](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/mississippi/)(US-MS) | Americas | | | [Confirmed Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/mississippi/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-MS) |
| [Missouri](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/missouri/)(US-MO) | Americas | | Probable Missouri's prediction-market dispute escalated in October 2026 when Novig, operating as Ludlow Exchange LLC, sued Attorney General Catherine Hanaway along with Missouri Gaming Commission Executive… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/missouri/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-MO) |
| [Montana](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/montana/)(US-MT) | Americas | | Probable Montana's gambling market structure is unchanged in its fundamentals: a state lottery monopoly, operating as Sports Bet Montana, runs the only sanctioned sports-wagering channel and continues to… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/montana/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-MT) |
| [Morocco](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/morocco/)(MA) | Africa | | Confirmed Morocco's gambling framework remains anchored in the 1966 Dahir No. 1-65-206, a durable statute with no dedicated online-gambling regime layered on top of it. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/morocco/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=MA) |
| [Myanmar](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/myanmar/)(MM) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Myanmar's gambling landscape is defined by narrow legal permission and a widening criminalised perimeter. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/myanmar/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=MM) |
| [Nebraska](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/nebraska/)(US-NE) | Americas | | Confirmed Nebraska's gambling market is presently defined by a retail-only sports wagering regime: wagering is authorized exclusively through licensed racetrack casinos, and no statewide mobile or online… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/nebraska/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-NE) |
| [Nepal](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/nepal/)(NP) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Nepal maintains a bifurcated gambling regime: general gambling and betting is criminally prohibited under the Penal Code 2074, while a narrow licensed land-based casino track, open to foreigners… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/nepal/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=NP) |
| [Nevada](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/nevada/)(US-NV) | Americas | | Confirmed Nevada's dominant regulatory story at present is the escalating, multi-forum litigation over whether event-based prediction-market contracts require a state gaming licence. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/nevada/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-NV) |
| [New Brunswick](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-brunswick/)(CA-NB) | Americas | | Confirmed New Brunswick operates a provincial Crown-monopoly gambling model derived from s.207(1)(a) of the federal Criminal Code and codified in the Gaming Control Act, SNB 2008. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-brunswick/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CA-NB) |
| [New Hampshire](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-hampshire/)(US-NH) | Americas | | Confirmed New Hampshire's gambling market is structured around a single-operator sports-wagering monopoly under RSA 287-I, with DraftKings holding the exclusive statewide online and retail licence through June… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-hampshire/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-NH) |
| [New Mexico](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-mexico/)(US-NM) | Americas | | Confirmed New Mexico's gaming market remains a tribal-retail-exclusive model: five tribal casino sportsbooks operate on a retail-only basis, and tribal casinos generated approximately 230 million dollars in… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-mexico/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-NM) |
| [New York](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-york/)(US-NY) | Americas | | Confirmed New York's sports-wagering market operates under New York State Gaming Commission oversight, with the dominant development being formal rulemaking activity rather than any change to market structure… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-york/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-NY) |
| [New Zealand](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-zealand/)(NZ) | Asia-Pacific | | Probable New Zealand's online casino reform, under the Online Casino Gambling Act 2026, reached its decisive licensing juncture. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-zealand/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=NZ) |
| [Nigeria](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/nigeria/)(NG) | Africa | | Probable Nigeria's gambling regulatory landscape saw a material development in October 2026 when the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority issued a Public Notice to telecommunications operators, mobile… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/nigeria/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=NG) |
| [North Carolina](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/north-carolina/)(US-NC) | Americas | | Confirmed North Carolina's 2026 legislative session left the core sports and horse race wagering licensing structure at the State Lottery Commission unchanged, with the Commission's rulemaking page confirming… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/north-carolina/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-NC) |
| [North Dakota](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/north-dakota/)(US-ND) | Americas | | | [Confirmed Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/north-dakota/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-ND) |
| [Ohio](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ohio/)(US-OH) | Americas | | Confirmed Ohio's gambling market is anchored by Ohio Casino Control Commission-regulated sports wagering under Type A and Type B licensure, alongside casino and iGaming channels unaffected by the developments. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ohio/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-OH) |
| [Oklahoma](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/oklahoma/)(US-OK) | Americas | | Confirmed Oklahoma's gambling market is dominated by tribal Class III casino gaming conducted under more than thirty individual IGRA compacts, with pari-mutuel wagering regulated separately by the Oklahoma… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/oklahoma/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-OK) |
| [Ontario](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ontario/)(CA-ON) | Americas | | Confirmed Ontario's iGaming sector is marked by an AGCO maximum-penalty enforcement action against theScore Bet and the Supreme Court of Canada's reservation of judgment on Ontario's international peer-to-peer… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/ontario/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CA-ON) |
| [Oregon](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/oregon/)(US-OR) | Americas | | Confirmed Oregon's regulated gambling market remains a single-platform monopoly under the Oregon Lottery and DraftKings, a structure this cycle finds stable in itself. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/oregon/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-OR) |
| [Pakistan](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/pakistan/)(PK) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Pakistan (~230 million population, >97% Muslim) maintains a near-absolute constitutional and statutory prohibition on all forms of gambling. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/pakistan/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=PK) |
| [Palau](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/palau/)(PW) | Asia-Pacific | | Probable Palau's gambling framework rests on a general prohibition under the Criminal Code and 17 PNCA Chapter 50, alongside a narrow statutory exception. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/palau/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=PW) |
| [Panama](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/panama/)(PA) | Americas | | Probable Panama's gambling market is undergoing its most significant structural change in years through Bill No. 403, reported approved by the National Assembly, advanced by deputies Raúl Pineda and Crispiano… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/panama/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=PA) |
| [Philippines](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/philippines/)(PH) | Asia-Pacific | | Probable PAGCOR's second Minimum Guaranteed Fee tranche took effect on 1 October 2026, raising the recurring cost floor for all Gaming System Administrators: PHP10,500,000 per month at PHP35,000,000 gross… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/philippines/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=PH) |
| [Qatar](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/qatar/)(QA) | Middle East | | | [Confirmed Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/qatar/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=QA) |
| [Quebec](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/quebec/)(CA-QC) | Americas | | Confirmed The 5 October 2026 Quebec general election produced a Parti Quebecois minority government holding 59 of 127 seats, five short of a majority, which will need another party's support to legislate. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/quebec/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=CA-QC) |
| [Rhode Island](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/rhode-island/)(US-RI) | Americas | | Confirmed Rhode Island's gambling market is moving toward a multi-operator sports-wagering structure following Senate passage of S3118 Substitute A, which would raise the sports-wagering vendor cap from one to… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/rhode-island/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-RI) |
| [Rwanda](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/rwanda/)(RW) | Africa | | Confirmed Rwanda's gambling market underwent significant change this cycle. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/rwanda/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=RW) |
| [Saudi Arabia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/saudi-arabia/)(SA) | Middle East | | Confirmed Saudi Arabia enforces a total, Sharia-based prohibition on all gambling. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/saudi-arabia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=SA) |
| [Senegal](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/senegal/)(SN) | Africa | | Confirmed Senegal's gambling sector this cycle is defined by fiscal tightening under Law 17/2025's 20 percent tax on winnings, applied retroactively from December 2025 and layered on 2025 double-taxation… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/senegal/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=SN) |
| [Serbia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/serbia/)(RS) | Europe | | Confirmed Serbia's gambling market operates under the Law on Games of Chance, administered by the Games of Chance Administration, and is presently in an active implementation phase of the November 2024… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/serbia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=RS) |
| [Seychelles](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/seychelles/)(SC) | Africa | | Probable Seychelles operates a licensed offshore gambling model administered by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) under the Gambling Act, 2014, covering casino, slot machine and interactive gambling… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/seychelles/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=SC) |
| [Slovakia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/slovakia/)(SK) | Europe | | Probable Slovakia's gambling regime continues to operate under Act No. 30/2019 Coll., with URHH as the licensing and regulatory authority. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/slovakia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=SK) |
| [Slovenia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/slovenia/)(SI) | Europe | | Probable Slovenia operates a concession-based gambling regime under the Gaming Act (ZIS, 1995 as amended), treating gambling as an exclusive state right. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/slovenia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=SI) |
| [South Africa](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/south-africa/)(ZA) | Africa | | Confirmed South Africa's gambling market remains bifurcated between a mature, licensed land-based and provincial sports-betting sector and a large unauthorised online-casino segment. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/south-africa/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=ZA) |
| [South Carolina](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/south-carolina/)(US-SC) | Americas | | | [Confirmed Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/south-carolina/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-SC) |
| [South Dakota](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/south-dakota/)(US-SD) | Americas | | Confirmed South Dakota's gambling market remains anchored to two regulated channels: land-based casino gaming in Deadwood under state licence, and Class III gaming operated by nine federally recognized tribes… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/south-dakota/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-SD) |
| [South Korea](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/south-korea/)(KR) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed South Korea's gambling-adjacent regulatory environment tightened materially this cycle around a single dominant thread: the treatment of decentralized, blockchain-settled prediction markets as… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/south-korea/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=KR) |
| [Spain](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/spain/)(ES) | Europe | | Confirmed Spain's online gambling regime tightened through two converging player-protection moves: a reopened DGOJ consultation on a mandatory, consent-independent risk-detection mechanism, and new mandatory… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/spain/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=ES) |
| [Sri Lanka](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/sri-lanka/)(LK) | Asia-Pacific | | Probable Sri Lanka completed a foundational overhaul of its gambling regime via the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act, No.17 of 2025, certified 3 September 2025 and in force since 1 December 2025. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/sri-lanka/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=LK) |
| [Taiwan](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/taiwan/)(TW) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Gambling in Taiwan is criminally prohibited under Chapter 21 (Articles 266-270) of the Criminal Code, with the 2022 amendment extending the prohibition explicitly to online and… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/taiwan/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=TW) |
| [Tanzania](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/tanzania/)(TZ) | Africa | | Probable Tanzania's gambling market is regulated by the Gaming Board of Tanzania (GBT), issuing licences for casino gaming, sports betting, virtual games and lotteries under section 26 of the Gaming Act Cap.… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/tanzania/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=TZ) |
| [Texas](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/texas/)(US-TX) | Americas | | Confirmed Texas remains a broadly prohibitionist gambling jurisdiction: commercial casinos and sports betting are unlawful under Texas Penal Code 47.02 absent a specific statutory or constitutional carve-out… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/texas/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-TX) |
| [Thailand](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/thailand/)(TH) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Thailand maintains a near-total gambling prohibition under the Gambling Act B.E. 2478 (1935), with only two state-sanctioned carve-outs: the Government Lottery Office draw lottery and licensed… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/thailand/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=TH) |
| [Tunisia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/tunisia/)(TN) | Africa | | Probable The principal development for Tunisia is a draft 2027 Finance Bill provision, article 24 paragraph 3, that would raise the tax rate on online games and competitions conducted via communication or ICT… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/tunisia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=TN) |
| [Turkey](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/turkey/)(TR) | Europe | | Probable Turkiye's gambling posture tightened materially this cycle around a single coordinating instrument: Presidential Circular No. 2025/18, which formalises an Action Plan for Combating Illegal Online… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/turkey/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=TR) |
| [Uganda](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/uganda/)(UG) | Africa | | Probable Uganda's gambling regime is governed by the Lotteries and Gaming Act, 2016 (Cap 334), with the National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB) confirmed this cycle as the correct regulator… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/uganda/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=UG) |
| [United Arab Emirates](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-arab-emirates/)(AE) | Middle East | | Probable Federal Decree-Law No. 25 of 2025 deleted Articles 1012-1019 of the UAE Civil Transactions Law, the chapter establishing gambling and betting contracts as void, effective 1 June 2026. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-arab-emirates/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=AE) |
| [United Kingdom](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-kingdom/)(UK) | Europe | | Confirmed The UK gambling regulatory environment is in an active tightening phase in 2026, with the 2023 White Paper continuing to convert into concrete LCCP and SRCP amendments across licensing, enforcement… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-kingdom/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=UK) |
| [United States](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-states/)(US) | Americas | | Confirmed The defining feature of the United States market is the collision between federal derivatives regulation and state gambling law over event-contract and prediction-market products. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-states/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US) |
| [Uruguay](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/uruguay/)(UY) | Americas | | Probable Uruguay retains a state-monopoly online-gambling regime under Law 19.535 (2017), with private online operation prohibited absent state authorisation. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/uruguay/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=UY) |
| [Utah](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/utah/)(US-UT) | Americas | | Confirmed Utah's statutory prohibition on gambling was recodified and expanded by HB 243, Gambling Revisions, effective 6 May 2026, adding proposition bets, a wager on an individual action, statistic… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/utah/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-UT) |
| [Vanuatu](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vanuatu/)(VU) | Asia-Pacific | | Probable Vanuatu's gambling market continues to operate under four standing statutes — the Casino Control Act [Cap 223], Lotteries Act [Cap 205], Vanuatu Interactive Gaming Act [Cap 261] and Gaming Control… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vanuatu/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=VU) |
| [Venezuela](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/venezuela/)(VE) | Americas | | Confirmed Venezuela's gambling sector is structured around two statutorily separate regulators: the Comisión Nacional de Casinos (CNC), with exclusive competence over casinos, bingo halls and slot machines… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/venezuela/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=VE) |
| [Vermont](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vermont/)(US-VT) | Americas | | Confirmed Vermont operates a narrow, mobile-only regulated gambling market. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vermont/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-VT) |
| [Vietnam](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vietnam/)(VN) | Asia-Pacific | | Confirmed Vietnam continues to operate a fragmented, decree-based gambling regime with no unified gaming law, split across the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of Information and… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/vietnam/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=VN) |
| [Virginia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/virginia/)(US-VA) | Americas | | Confirmed Virginia's gaming regulatory perimeter expanded in April 2026 when House Bill 145 transferred daily fantasy sports oversight from the Department of Agriculture to the Virginia Lottery Board, which… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/virginia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-VA) |
| [Washington](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/washington/)(US-WA) | Americas | | Confirmed Washington's gambling framework is tribal-exclusive by design: Class III gaming operates under compacts between the state and roughly 29 federally recognized tribes, with the Washington State… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/washington/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-WA) |
| [West Virginia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/west-virginia/)(US-WV) | Americas | | Confirmed West Virginia's licensed online-casino and sports-wagering market continued its steady build-out this period, with Games Global securing a West Virginia Lottery Commission supplier and content… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/west-virginia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-WV) |
| [Wisconsin](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/wisconsin/)(US-WI) | Americas | | Confirmed Wisconsin's 2026 gambling regime is defined by two enacted statutes moving on separate tracks. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/wisconsin/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-WI) |
| [Wyoming](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/wyoming/)(US-WY) | Americas | | Confirmed Wyoming's gambling market is structured around five commercial mobile sportsbook operators licensed under the state's existing sports-wagering framework, with no commercial casino venues in the… | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/wyoming/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=US-WY) |
| [Zambia](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/zambia/)(ZM) | Africa | | Probable Zambia's gambling market entered a structural transition this cycle. | [Profile →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/zambia/) [Brief](https://advennt.io/reports/?t=entry&j=ZM) |
