This roundup covers playing regulation developments from 9 to 13 November 2026. A Chilean Senate committee has voted for amendments that might prohibit on-line betting, Brazil’s Congress has prolonged the measure banning fixed-odds betting, and a US federal decide has dominated towards a prediction market in a problem to New York’s playing legal guidelines. Australia’s media regulator has issued steering on wagering promoting, the European Commission has proposed a Digital Fairness Act, and Guyana’s gaming invoice is pending.
Chile
On 9 November 2026 the Senate Economy Committee accredited two substitute amendments that might prohibit on-line betting platforms as a substitute of licensing them. The vote was three in favour, one towards and one abstention, in accordance with T13 and CNN Chile.
This is a committee vote, not a legislation. The invoice (Boletín 14.838-03), submitted in March 2022, is in its second constitutional stage within the Senate. It nonetheless has to complete committee stage and be voted by the complete Senate, and no date for that vote has been given. If the Senate adjustments the Chamber of Deputies’ textual content, the invoice returns to the Chamber.
The first modification, from senators Gastón Saavedra (PS), the committee’s chair, and Diego Ibáñez (Frente Amplio), would ban working, providing and promoting on-line betting platforms. Those performing for revenue would face jail of 541 days to 5 years and fines of 200 to 1,000 UTM, and web suppliers, app shops and cost corporations must block entry, downloads and transactions. It exempts Polla Chilena de Beneficencia, Lotería de Concepción, authorised racecourses and casinos regulated by Law 19.995.
The second, from Renovación Nacional senators led by Senate President Paulina Núñez, offers for as much as 15 years in jail and fines of as much as 10,000 UTM in aggravated instances, and for everlasting court-ordered blocking of unlawful platforms.
The vote displaced the federal government’s plan, filed in late October, for licences, a 22% efficient tax and a phased promoting ban. Saavedra stated the 2 texts will probably be merged on the committee’s subsequent session, for which no date was given. Separately, Mala Espina reported that the Chamber of Deputies accredited, by 133 votes to 2, a 2027 Budget modification barring the tax service SII from spending on tax mechanisms for unauthorised on-line betting platforms. See CND’s information to playing legal guidelines in Chile.
Brazil
Act No. 118 of 2026 of the President of the Board of the National Congress prolonged Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting, for an extra 60 days. It was printed within the Diário Oficial da União on 11 November 2026, as Brasil de Fato reported. The new deadline is 4 March 2027 in accordance with the National Congress record, because the depend stops in the course of the recess. Some press stories give 5 March.
The joint committee designated on 30 September has not been put in. If Congress doesn’t vote by the deadline, the measure lapses and betting could be permitted once more. The ban stays in pressure in the meantime. CND coated Justice Luiz Fux’s 8 November choice on lower-court instances in its 9 November roundup. See CND’s information to playing in Brazil.
United States
On 10 November 2026 Judge Colleen McMahon of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a preliminary injunction sought by Ludlow Exchange LLC, buying and selling as Novig, towards New York Attorney General Letitia James and State Gaming Commission officers. In the opinion in Ludlow Exchange v. James, the court docket held at this stage that Novig’s sports activities contracts will not be “swaps” beneath the Commodity Exchange Act, so New York can require a state playing licence or that Novig cease itemizing them. It additionally held that the Act wouldn’t pre-empt state playing legislation even on Novig’s studying.
The decide discovered no probability of success. Sports Betting Dime reported that Novig appealed to the Second Circuit on 11 November. See CND’s information to US playing legal guidelines.
Australia
On 12 November 2026 the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) printed initial guidance on the “triple lock exception”. From 1 January 2027, on-line content material service suppliers are prohibited from offering wagering promoting until it applies. A supplier should take affordable steps to maintain restricted customers from the content material, guarantee recipients use a registered account, and let account holders choose out.
A restricted consumer is an individual in Australia who’s beneath 18, has not confirmed their age, isn’t logged in, or has opted out. The Wagering Advertising Opt-out Register continues to be being developed and has no begin date. ACMA intends to publish an inventory of suppliers which have carried out the triple lock. See CND’s information to playing legal guidelines in Australia.
European Union
On 11 November 2026 the European Commission introduced its proposal for a Digital Fairness Act, in accordance with its press release. The Parliament and the Council will now talk about it, so it’s a proposal, not legislation. The Commission says it will embody “a ban on gambling-like features for minors such as pay-to-win and pay-to-progress”. A linked revision of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation would permit fines of as much as 6% of worldwide annual turnover in massive cross-border instances.
Also pending
Guyana: on 11 November the National Assembly referred the Gaming Authority Bill to a Special Select Committee on the Attorney General’s request, and no timetable was given (Kaieteur News). See CND’s information to playing in Guyana.
