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Market Updates
When a market's legal status changes, it is recorded here with the date it took effect and the regulator, gazette or court record it comes from. Newest first.
BrazilFixed-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.
DenmarkCourt 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.
IrelandRemote 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.
ChileSupreme 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.