News from licence regulators across Europe
Bans, fines, licence decisions and agreements between authorities, from the gambling regulators whose registers this site covers. Every story is marked as concerning one market or several, and each rests on a document a regulator published, usually a press release or a decision.
- Croatia
Croatian tax authority issues 20 bans on gambling web addresses in two days
On 2 and 3 November the Croatian Tax Administration banned the operation of 20 gambling web addresses. That is more than a quarter of the 74 orders it has issued since 1 October.
- Finland
Finland grants its first gambling licences, but holders must wait until July 2027
The first licences under the act that opens Finland's gambling market to competition have been issued. The Police Board's list showed 21 holders on 12 November 2026, none able to operate before July 2027.
- United Kingdom
Britain's Gambling Commission takes aim at illegal operators' money and game supply
Taking down websites is no longer enough for Britain's gambling regulator. It now wants to choke off the money, advertising and game supply of illegal operators, and has referred over £40 million in suspect funds.
- Czechia
Czech Finance Ministry plans to add ten web addresses to its list of unauthorised games
Prague has served notice that ten addresses, three of them containing the string westace.com, are headed for its List of Unauthorised Internet Games. Those affected have 15 days to object.
- Denmark
Danish regulator's school talks lift male students' attention to the licence mark to 61%
Before a talk by Denmark's gambling regulator, 39% of male students paid close attention to whether a gambling site carried the Danish licence mark. Afterwards, 61% did.
- Netherlands
Dutch regulator fines ComeOn operator Tulipa Ent Limited 750,000 euros over player care
The Dutch regulator says Tulipa Ent Limited, which runs the licensed ComeOn brand, did too little to protect players between December 2023 and September 2024. Its objection has now been decided.
- Netherlands
Dutch regulator hits EOD Code SRL with record 37 million euro fine for illegal gambling
Sized on an estimate of what the company earned from Dutch players, the fine is the highest the KSA has imposed for illegal gambling. It was decided on 6 October 2026 and announced on 22 October.
- Norway
Norsk Tipping faces 15 November deadline to enforce KongKasino's mandatory break
The state-owned operator has until Sunday 15 November to make sure KongKasino players stop for the compulsory break after an hour, or face a daily fine of NOK 15,000.
- United States
Pennsylvania online casino revenue climbs to $249.3 million in September on slots growth
Online slots did the heavy lifting in Pennsylvania in September 2026. Revenue from internet casino games rose 6.82% on a year earlier to $249,306,637, the state's Gaming Control Board reported.
- Sweden
Sweden bars Lufilight Ltd, which runs Hellspin, Ivibet and Slotsgem, from its market
Sweden's gambling regulator has barred Lufilight Ltd, a company with a Kahnawake licence, from offering games in Sweden. Switching its sites to new addresses did not change the authority's view.
- Germany
Germany's GGL and the UK Gambling Commission sign a declaration of intent in Halle
European gambling regulators met in Halle on 4 November at the invitation of Germany's GGL. The one concrete outcome was a declaration of intent with Britain's Gambling Commission to exchange information.
How the items are written and sourced
Below each story, a source box lists the regulator, the document's title, the date the regulator gave it, its legal status and a link to the original. Our text is a restatement; should it ever differ from the regulator's, theirs is the version to rely on. We report what the document says and keep to it, so a declaration of intent stays a declaration of intent and a press release stays a press release.
We name companies and authorities, not people. When a brand appears in a story, a box shows what our registers record about it and the date of that record. Stories run newest first, each dated when published and when last updated. A correction goes into the story with its date, and the update date moves with it. Every story is signed by the editorial team and published by Node Solutions LTD.