Gambling market timeline

Lei 13.756/2018 signed

Creates fixed-odds betting (apostas de quota fixa) as a legal lottery category, but without a working licensing system, so the market stayed unregulated in practice until the 2023 law.

Sources Lei 13.756/2018 (Câmara dos Deputados legislative archive) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Lei 14.790/2023 signed, creates the SPA

Supplies the licensing system Lei 13.756/2018 lacked: the Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA) in the Ministry of Finance authorises, supervises and sanctions betting operators nationwide.

Sources Lei 14.790/2023 (Câmara dos Deputados legislative archive) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Portaria SPA/MF 827/2024 sets licensing rules

Set the licensing process, technical/compliance requirements and baseline advertising standards operators had to meet before the market could go live, and confirmed the mandatory .bet.br domain.

Sources Apostas de Quota Fixa (Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas / Ministério da Fazenda) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Regulated fixed-odds betting market goes live

From this date only SPA-authorised operators could legally accept bets from Brazilian consumers, each required to run its Brazil-facing site on a .bet.br domain.

Sources Apostas de Quota Fixa (Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas / Ministério da Fazenda) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Medida Provisória 1.394 bans fixed-odds betting, online casino games included

Prohibits offering, intermediating and advertising fixed-odds betting in Brazil, physical or virtual, including by operators abroad, covering bets on real sports events and on virtual online-game events (art. 1). It takes effect on publication (art. 30): no new authorisations (art. 6) and no new funds into operators' transactional accounts (art. 7 §1). Authorisations granted under Lei 14.790/2023 are extinguished 30 days after publication, with no refund of the grant fee and no compensation (art. 4).

A provisional measure lapses from its issue unless Congress converts it into law within 60 days, extendable once by 60 (Constitution, art. 62, §3 and §7), so the ban is not yet permanent.

Sources Medida Provisória nº 1.394, de 25 de setembro de 2026 (Presidência da República, Planalto; footer: published in the DOU of 25.9.2026, edição extra) (official source) · Ministério da Fazenda (SPA), Medida Provisória nº 1.394/2026: entenda as novas regras para as apostas de quota fixa (published 02/10/2026) (official source) · Constituição Federal, art. 62 (Planalto) (official source) · Senado Federal, executive summary of MPV 1.394/2026 (publication: DOU of 25 September 2026, extra edition) (secondary)

Checked 6 October 2026

Decreto 13.128 regulates the Comitê Interinstitucional (MP 1.394)

Federal decree of 28 September 2026 regulating the Comitê Interinstitucional. This entry records only the decree, its date and its subject.

Sources Decreto nº 13.128, de 28 de setembro de 2026 (Presidência da República, Planalto) (official source)

Checked 15 October 2026

Portaria SPA/MF 3.005 sets obligations of former operators after the ban

Portaria SPA/MF nº 3.005/2026, published on 2 October 2026, regulates the obligations of the companies after the prohibition. Former operators must settle their remaining obligations by 15 December 2026.

Sources Ministério da Fazenda, notícia: Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas regulamenta obrigações das empresas após proibição das bets (official source)

Checked 15 October 2026

Last day for players to withdraw balances from betting platforms (until 23:59)

Players could log in to betting sites and apps to withdraw their available balances until 23:59 on this date. After it, remaining balances are reported to banks (6 and 7 October) and refunded by the banks (9 to 14 October), with Caixa Econômica Federal stepping in from mid-October where banks cannot (14 October per the Ministry of Finance news item of 5 October; 15 October per the SPA explainer).

Sources Ministério da Fazenda (SPA), Medida Provisória nº 1.394/2026: entenda as novas regras para as apostas de quota fixa (published 02/10/2026) (official source) · Ministério da Fazenda, notícia: prazo para retirada voluntária de recursos termina nesta segunda-feira (5/10) (official source)

Checked 15 October 2026

Betting sites and apps must be unavailable in Brazil from this date

From this date the sites and apps offering fixed-odds betting must be unavailable, under penalty of blocking (MP 1.394/2026, art. 7). Open bets are void and stakes refunded in full (art. 7 §2).

Sources Ministério da Fazenda (SPA), Medida Provisória nº 1.394/2026: entenda as novas regras para as apostas de quota fixa (published 02/10/2026) (official source) · Medida Provisória nº 1.394, de 25 de setembro de 2026 (Presidência da República, Planalto) (official source)

Checked 6 October 2026

Existing betting authorisations end, 30 days after publication (computed date)

MP 1.394/2026 art. 4 extinguishes the authorisations granted under Lei 14.790/2023 thirty days after the MP was published in the DOU on 25 September 2026. The Senado Federal computes that as 25 October 2026.

The date is the Senado Federal computation, not a date written in the MP, whose art. 4 says only "30 days" after publication; the Ministry of Finance (SPA) page gives no calendar date for it. It also depends on the MP not lapsing before then.

Sources Medida Provisória nº 1.394, de 25 de setembro de 2026 (Presidência da República, Planalto; footer: published in the DOU of 25.9.2026, edição extra) (official source) · Senado Federal, notícia: MP proíbe bets e determina encerramento das operações em 30 dias (28 September 2026) (secondary)

Checked 15 October 2026

Urgency regime for MP 1.394 expected to start, locking the Chamber agenda

The Senate calendar for MP 1.394/2026 lists the start of the urgency regime ("sobrestando a pauta") on 9 November 2026. Once it applies, the Chamber agenda is locked until the MP is voted on. As of 30 October 2026 the Senate record shows the committee not yet installed and no decision.

Senate calendar expectation, not a vote. The date depends on the MP being handled on the calendar the Senate record lists.

Sources Senado Federal, processo MPV 1394/2026 (dados abertos) (official source)

Checked 30 October 2026

First 60-day period for Congress to deliberate on MP 1.394 ends

The Senate record gives 25 September to 23 November 2026 as the deliberation period for MP 1.394/2026 (Res. 1/2002-CN art. 10 with Constitution art. 62). The record shows no extension, no decision and no conversion law as of 30 October 2026.

End of the first period per the Senate calendar (art. 62 CF allows one extension of 60 days, not recorded as of 2026-10-30); the MP lapses if not converted by the end of the final period.

Sources Senado Federal, processo MPV 1394/2026 (dados abertos) (official source)

Checked 30 October 2026

Bill C-218 (Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act) receives royal assent

The federal Criminal Code amendment legalizing single-event sports betting becomes law, removing the last federal barrier to provinces authorizing it (and, in Ontario's case, to opening a competitive online market).

Sources LEGISinfo, Parliament of Canada — Bill C-218 (43-2) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

iGaming Ontario established as an AGCO subsidiary

The entity that would conduct and manage Ontario's planned competitive online market is formally created, roughly nine months before the market opens.

Sources AGCO — "Ontario Government launches iGaming Ontario, a subsidiary of the AGCO" (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Bill C-218's Criminal Code amendment comes into force

Single-event sports betting is removed from the Code's list of prohibited activities nationwide, leaving its regulation to the provinces and clearing the way for Ontario's open-market model.

Sources Canada Gazette, Part II — Order Fixing August 27, 2021 as the Day on Which that Act Comes into Force (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Ontario's competitive iGaming market launches

Private operators registered with the AGCO and under an iGaming Ontario operating agreement can legally offer online casino and betting products to Ontario players for the first time in Canada.

Sources iGaming Ontario — "Ontario's New iGaming Market to Launch April 4, 2022" (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

AGCO ban on athletes in iGaming advertising takes effect

Registered Ontario operators are barred from using active or retired athletes in iGaming marketing (except for responsible-gambling messaging), tightening advertising standards aimed at protecting minors.

Sources AGCO — "AGCO to ban athletes in Ontario's igaming advertising to protect minors" (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

iGaming Ontario becomes independent of the AGCO

The iGaming Ontario Act, 2024 is proclaimed, ending iGO's status as an AGCO subsidiary and making it a stand-alone Crown agency under the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming; the AGCO remains iGO's regulator.

Sources AGCO — "Roles of the AGCO and iGaming Ontario" (official source) · Canadian Gaming Business — "iGaming Ontario Now Officially Independent From AGCO" (secondary)

Checked 25 September 2026

iGaming Alberta Act (Bill 48) introduced in the Legislative Assembly

The government tables the bill that will create the Alberta iGaming Corporation and open a competitive private online gambling market.

Sources Legislative Assembly of Alberta — Bill 48 status (iGaming Alberta Act): first reading March 26, 2025 (official source) · Legislative Assembly of Alberta — Bill 48, iGaming Alberta Act (2025 Bill 48, First Session, 31st Legislature) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

iGaming Alberta Act (Bill 48) receives royal assent

The statute authorizing a competitive, privately operated online gambling market in Alberta and creating the Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC) becomes law.

Sources Alberta King's Printer / Open Government — iGaming Alberta Act, SA 2025 c I-0.2 (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Alberta's regulated iGaming market launches

Alberta becomes Canada's second open, competitive private online gambling market, with 22 operator sites live on day one under AGLC regulation and AiGC's conduct-and-manage role.

Sources Alberta.ca — "Alberta's iGaming Strategy" (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

BCLC launches PlayNow.com

British Columbia's Crown lottery corporation opens PlayNow.com, a government-run online gambling site for BC players.

BCLC's own history gives only the year 2004; we have not confirmed the month or day from a primary source.

Sources BCLC — Our History (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Loto-Québec launches Espacejeux.com

Quebec's government lottery corporation opens its own online casino/poker platform; pre-registration opened 19 November 2010 and the site went fully live 1 December 2010.

Sources Loto-Québec press release (Newswire) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

AGLC launches PlayAlberta.ca

Alberta's government-run online gambling site opens. It kept operating when the competitive iGaming Alberta market launched in July 2026.

Press reports give 1 October 2020; the official PlayAlberta.ca site is archived live on 3 October 2020.

Sources PlayAlberta.ca, archived 3 October 2020 (official source) · Global News — "PlayAlberta, regulated online gambling website, launched Thursday" (secondary)

Checked 25 September 2026

PlayNow.com launches in Saskatchewan via SIGA

Saskatchewan players get a regulated online casino and sportsbook through PlayNow.com, run in partnership with the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA).

Sources Government of Saskatchewan — "SaskGaming celebrates the launch of the PlayNow.com online gaming platform" (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Atlantic Lottery launches regulated online casino in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador players get a government-run online casino through Atlantic Lottery's ALC.ca.

Sources Government of Newfoundland and Labrador — "Residents Provided with a Regulated and Responsible Space for Online Gaming" (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Ley 643 de 2001 enacted

Sets the national framework for Colombia's gambling monopoly and creates the 'juegos novedosos' (novel games) category, the category later used to authorise online betting.

Sources Ley 643 de 2001 (Función Pública / Alcaldía de Bogotá gestor normativo) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Decreto 175/2025 imposes 19% VAT on online betting deposits

A 19% VAT applies to deposits into online gambling accounts, adopted under emergency economic powers.

Sources Corte Constitucional, Sentencia C-431/25 (reviewing Decreto 175 de 2025) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Constitutional Court upholds gambling VAT, strikes Coljuegos blocking clause (C-431/25)

The Constitutional Court upholds the VAT on deposits at online games of chance, on condition that the Government collects only the sum needed for the budget items upheld in ruling C-381/25, and strikes down paragraph 5 of article 1 of Decree 175 of 2025, the clause that had Coljuegos order internet providers to block channels and web pages that serve games of chance that are not authorised. The Court held the clause was not necessary because article 38, paragraph 3 of Law 643 of 2001 already gives Coljuegos that power.

Sources Corte Constitucional, Sentencia C-431/25 (official source)

Checked 8 November 2026

Ley N.º 31557 enacted

Created Peru's first legal framework for remote games and remote sports betting, under MINCETUR authorisation, with a 12% tax on operators' net gaming income.

Sources Ley N.º 31557 (El Peruano official gazette) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

DS 005-2023-MINCETUR (reglamento) published

Publishes the implementing regulation for Ley 31557: the licence terms and rules operators must meet before licensed operation can begin.

Sources Decreto Supremo N.º 005-2023-MINCETUR (El Peruano official gazette) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Decreto Legislativo 1644 extends ISC to foreign platforms

Extends Peru's selective consumption tax (ISC) to remote games and betting offered by operators based abroad.

Sources Decreto Legislativo 1644 (El Peruano) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

City of Buenos Aires (CABA): LOTBA authorises online gambling

LOTBA, the City of Buenos Aires lottery, creates online games of chance, games of skill and sports betting in the city, to be offered by licensed operators.

Sources Resolución 321/2018 (Boletín Oficial de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Buenos Aires Province: Decreto 181/2019 regulates online gambling

Approved the Title VIII regulation of Ley 15.079, letting the Instituto Provincial de Lotería y Casinos (IPLyC) license online casino games, sports betting and lotteries in Buenos Aires Province.

Promulgated 25 March 2019 (published 29 March 2019); some secondary press describes online operations under the registry only becoming fully effective around 2021 — see conflicts.

Sources Decreto 181/2019 (Normas GBA — Buenos Aires Province official regulations database) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Córdoba Province: legislature passes an online-gambling law

Córdoba becomes one of the provinces that regulate online gambling under their own law.

Sources Se sancionó la ley que regula el juego online en Córdoba (Legislatura de la Provincia de Córdoba, official site) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

National Chamber of Deputies passes gambling-advertising/minors bill

The Chamber of Deputies approves a national bill on online-betting advertising and minors' access to gambling sites. It is not law unless the Senate also passes it.

Sources Obtuvo media sanción un proyecto de prevención de ludopatía y regulación de las ciberapuestas (HCDN — Cámara de Diputados, official site) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

National government sends Congress a gambling-addiction bill

The national government submits its own bill on preventing gambling addiction. It is not yet law, and online licensing stays with the provinces.

argentina.gob.ar confirms the submission occurred but does not give an exact day; secondary press dates the message (No. 179-2026) to 25–26 May 2026.

Sources El Gobierno nacional presentó un proyecto para prevenir la ludopatía (Argentina.gob.ar, official government portal) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos published

Still the governing federal statute: it prohibits gambling except where it allows it, and every later casino and betting permit is issued under it.

Sources Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos, Cámara de Diputados (archived) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos published

The first implementing regulation for the 1947 law, setting out the federal permit system that casinos and betting venues operate under.

Sources Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos, Cámara de Diputados (archived) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Decree amends the federal gaming regulation

The Reglamento under which Mexico issues every federal gaming permit is amended by presidential decree, changing the rules permit holders operate under.

Sources DOF, 16 November 2023 (archived) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Decree sets a 50% special tax (IEPS) on gambling, including online

The IEPS rate on gambling and draws is set at 50%, and the decree states that games offered online by operators resident abroad are covered.

Sources IEPS reform, DOF 7 November 2025, Cámara de Diputados (archived) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Veikkaus, RAY and Fintoto merge into a single company

Finland's three separate gambling monopolies (betting/lottery, slots/casino, horse-race totalisator) are consolidated under one state operator, Veikkaus Oy — the entity the 2026-27 reform now partially opens to competition.

Sources Veikkaus Group — Our story (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Parliament passes the new Gambling Act

Eduskunta approves the Rahapelilaki and related amendments ending Veikkaus's exclusive right to betting, online casino games, online slots and online money bingo, sending the law to the President for confirmation.

Sources Eduskunta (Parliament of Finland) — EV 170/2025 vp (Parliament's reply containing the Gambling Act) (official source) · Rahapeliala ry — "Eduskunta hyväksyi uuden rahapelilain" (secondary)

Checked 25 September 2026

President confirms the new Gambling Act

Rahapelilaki 10/2026 becomes law, formally starting the transition away from the Veikkaus monopoly for betting and online casino games, with a staggered timetable set out in the Act's own commencement clause.

Sources Rahapelilaki 10/2026 (Finlex) (official source) · Finnish Government (Valtioneuvosto) — "Finland to open some gambling services to competition" (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Gambling-licence applications open

Operators can apply to the National Police Board for the new Finnish gambling licences, the first practical step toward ending the Veikkaus monopoly on betting and online casino games.

Sources Rahapelilaki 10/2026 (Finlex) (official source) · Finnish Government (Valtioneuvosto) — "Finland to open some gambling services to competition" (official source) · Police of Finland — Licences under the Gambling Act (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Licensed betting and online casino competition begins

Any operator holding a Finnish gambling-game licence can legally offer betting, online casino games, online slots and online money bingo to Finnish players for the first time; supervision transfers from the Police Board to the new Lupa- ja valvontavirasto.

Future date, but fixed in the Gambling Act's own commencement clause (not merely a target), hence 'scheduled' rather than 'expected'.

Sources Rahapelilaki 10/2026 (Finlex) (official source) · Finnish Government (Valtioneuvosto) — "Finland to open some gambling services to competition" (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Ley 19.995 creates the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego

Creates the casino regulator (SCJ) and the licensing regime for land-based casinos. It provides no licences for online casinos.

Sources Marco normativo (Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego, official regulator site) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Senate Finance Committee reports the online-betting bill approved in general

The Senate Finance Committee's first report on Boletín 14.838-03, dated 5 August 2025, records the bill approved in general by 4 votes to 0 and was put before the Senate on 6 August 2025. It is not yet law.

Sources Senado de Chile: Comisión de Hacienda, first report on Boletín N° 14.838-03, 5 August 2025 (official source) · Senado de Chile: bill-tracking system, Boletín N° 14.838-03, history, consulted 8 November 2026 (official source)

Checked 8 November 2026

SII Resolución Exenta 69 lets offshore betting platforms register for VAT

Foreign online betting and casino platforms with no Chilean establishment can register with the tax authority and pay VAT on services to users in Chile. Tax registration is not a gambling licence.

Sources SII emite Resolución para que plataformas extranjeras de apuestas en línea paguen IVA Digital (Servicio de Impuestos Internos, official site) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

IR Promotion Act enacted

A framework law sets out the basic principles for promoting integrated resorts that include a casino, and requires the government to take the legislative measures this needs, with a view to doing so within one year after the Act takes effect (Article 5).

Sources House of Representatives (Shugiin) official law database — 特定複合観光施設区域の整備の推進に関する法律 (Law No. 115 of 2016) (official source)

Checked 8 November 2026

IR Development Act ("IR Implementation Act") promulgated

Sets the actual licensing rules for up to three casino resorts, entry fees and visit limits for Japanese residents, and creates the Japan Casino Regulatory Commission — the substantive law behind the 2016 framework act.

Sources National Diet Library Houreisakuin — 特定複合観光施設区域整備法 (Law No. 80 of 2018) (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Japan Casino Regulatory Commission established

The independent Article-3 regulator responsible for licence screening, supervision of any future casino operator, and technical/addiction-prevention regulation begins operating as an external bureau of the Cabinet Office.

Sources National Personnel Authority (jinji.go.jp) — Japan Casino Regulatory Commission recruitment notice (official source)

Checked 25 September 2026

Osaka's Yumeshima IR plan certified by the national government

The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism certifies the integrated-resort plan for Yumeshima submitted by Osaka Prefecture and Osaka IR Co., Ltd., under Article 9, paragraph 11 of the IR Implementation Act.

Sources Japan Tourism Agency (MLIT) — "大阪・夢洲地区のＩＲ区域整備計画を認定" (official source)

Checked 8 November 2026

Ban on promoting online-gambling sites as defined in the Basic Act takes effect

Article 9-2 of the Basic Act on Gambling Addiction Countermeasures bars anyone who sends information to the public over the internet (other than a site that only gives others' posts a place to appear) from presenting to people in Japan a website or program that offers gambling carried on over the internet in Japan in a way the law prohibits, or from sending them information that steers them to such gambling (art. 9-2(2)). Penal Code Article 185 separately provides a fine of up to 500,000 yen or a petty fine for a person who gambles.

Sources National Police Agency — notice on promulgation of the Basic Act on Gambling Addiction Countermeasures amendment (Reiwa 7 Law No. 76) (official source) · House of Councillors (Sangiin) — bill status page for the amendment (official source) · e-Gov Law Search: Basic Act on Gambling Addiction Countermeasures (Act No. 74 of 2018), Article 9-2, as in force from 25 September 2025 (official source) · Japanese Law Translation (Ministry of Justice): Penal Code, Article 185 (English translation, reference only) (official source)

Checked 8 November 2026

MGM Osaka targeted to open

The Yumeshima integrated resort in Osaka, which includes a casino and is set up and run by MGM Osaka, is targeted to open. It is a land-based casino; the IR Implementation Act defines casino play as play in one facility on equipment installed there (art. 2(7)).

Autumn 2030 is a target stated by Osaka City, not a date fixed in law, and could move.

Sources City of Osaka — 統合型リゾート 大阪IR (official municipal IR page) (official source) · e-Gov Law Search: Act on Development of Specified Complex Tourist Facility Districts (Act No. 80 of 2018), Article 2(7) (official source)

Checked 8 November 2026