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The Atlas of Where and How to Bet Online, Worldwide.

Where online betting is legal, who regulates it and which licensed sites serve each market — checked against the regulators themselves, with every fact cited.

Country guides fact-checked against official sources · October 2026

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  1. bet365Germany — Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), sports betting (bet365.de), first permitted 09.10.20204.6/5Read review of bet365Visit site
  2. BetMGMMultiple US state gaming regulators (e.g. NJ DGE, Michigan GCB, Pennsylvania GCB, Nevada GCB)4.5/5Read review of BetMGMVisit site
  3. BetRiversMultiple US state gaming regulators (PA, NJ, IN, IL, CO, MI, NY, WV, etc.)4.5/5Read review of BetRiversVisit site
  4. FanDuelMultiple US state gaming regulators4.5/5Read review of FanDuelVisit site
  5. TwinSpiresOregon Racing Commission (multi-jurisdictional ADW hub licence)4.5/5Read review of TwinSpiresVisit site
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How we read a market

One Legend, Applied to Every Country

We classify online betting on a four-status scale — the same key, every page. When the law is unsettled or we can’t verify it, we say so rather than guess.

Regulated
Licensed and overseen by a named regulator. Legal, with consumer protections.
Tolerated
Permitted in practice or via offshore access, without a full domestic framework.
Grey market
No specific law for or against — operating in a legal vacuum.
Prohibited
Banned under current law. We label it plainly and never link operators.
This week
This week

What's New This Week

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Alberta’s Licensed Market Opens Properly

Alberta’s grace period for unlicensed betting sites ended on 13 October, with around 50 operators approved to take bets in the province. Approved names reported include 888, bet365, BetVictor, Betway, Sports Interaction, Stake and TonyBet. Sites still operating without approval now face enforcement.

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Lagos Tells Phone Networks to Cut off Unlicensed Betting

In a notice dated 12 October, the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority gave mobile networks and SMS providers 30 days to verify that each betting operator holds a Lagos licence and to disconnect those that do not. The deadline falls around 11 November. If you bet in Lagos, the state licence is the one that counts.

nairametrics.com →

Taiwan Moves to Block Kalshi

On 15 October a New Taipei court authorised blocking Kalshi and Coinbase over suspected betting on the 28 November local elections. Prediction markets remain unavailable to bettors in Taiwan.

taipeitimes.com →

Kenya Says Prediction Markets Are Gambling

The head of Kenya’s Gambling Regulatory Authority says the regulator treats prediction markets as gambling and expects to introduce a prediction-market licence class in 2026/27. No terms or start date have been published, and no platform is licensed in Kenya today.

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Regulatory movement

What Changed Recently

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Brazil

Fixed-Odds Betting Banned Nationwide

Provisional Measure 1.394 bans fixed-odds betting and online gaming. Deposits stopped on publication and platforms went offline on 6 October; it lapses unless Congress converts it.

Sports bettingRegulated to ProhibitedSource ↗
Denmark

Court Orders 98 Gambling Sites Blocked

The court at Frederiksberg ruled for the Danish Gambling Authority to have 98 illegal gambling sites blocked. Polymarket is on the published list.

Prediction marketsGrey market to ProhibitedSource ↗
Ireland

Remote Betting Licences Commence

GRAI remote betting licences began, and offering betting without one is a criminal offence. That prediction markets are in scope is press-reported, not published by GRAI.

Prediction marketsGrey market to ProhibitedSource ↗
Chile

Supreme Court Orders Offshore Sites Blocked

The Supreme Court held that online games of chance are reserved to operators expressly authorised by law, and ordered telecoms to block offshore betting sites.

Sports bettingGrey market to ProhibitedSource ↗
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What we cover

Three Ways to Bet

Sports Betting

Sportsbooks by market and league, with the operators licensed where you are — from the Premier League to the NFL.

Horse Racing

Thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing, plus the advance-deposit wagering sites and racebooks that cover them.

Prediction Markets

Event contracts and regulated prediction platforms — where they’re legal, where they’re contested, and who runs them.

Method

How We Verify

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  1. Sourced From Regulators

    Legal status, licences and tax come from regulators and official gazettes first, and operators’ own terms second — never from other review sites.

  2. Every Change Cited

    Each updated fact carries its source and the exact supporting quote. Claims we can’t verify are removed, not guessed.

  3. Independently Reviewed

    A separate reviewer re-checks each edit against its source before it goes live.

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