Regulation tracker
Legal status by market
Per-market legal and regulatory status, with a dated timeline of regulatory events.
Spain
Spain regulates online gambling under Ley 13/2011 and Royal Decree 958/2020, with DGOJ as licensing authority. RD 958/2020's restrictions on welcome bonuses, celebrity endorsements and general online advertising were partially annulled by the Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) in April 2024; the 01:00–05:00 television advertising watershed remains in force.
Mexico
Mexico's Federal Gaming and Draws Law (Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos) dates to 1947 and has never been modernised for online gambling. SEGOB, through the Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos, issues permits under this framework, but online operators typically operate from offshore licences (commonly Curaçao or Malta) with limited active federal enforcement against them.
Brazil
Brazil's federal sports-betting and online-gaming regime, Lei 14.790/2023, took effect on 01/01/2025. The Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA), under the Ministry of Finance, licenses .bet.br operators for a BRL 30 million authorisation fee and requires PIX as a mandatory payment rail; SPA has been actively moving to delist unlicensed brands from app stores and payment networks.
Colombia
Colombia has regulated online gambling since 2016 under Law 643/2001, with Coljuegos as the state gaming monopoly and licensing authority. Coljuegos issues renewable operating licences, levies a 17% gross-gaming-revenue tax, maintains REASGA (the national self-exclusion register), and orders ISP blocking of unlicensed operators — enforcement Coljuegos itself has described as only partially effective.
Netherlands
The Netherlands opened its regulated online-gambling market on 01/10/2021 under the Remote Gambling Act (Wet Kansspelen op Afstand / KOA), regulated by the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA). Around 25–30 operators hold active KSA licences; CRUKS, the cross-operator self-exclusion register, and a 06:00–21:00 untargeted-advertising watershed apply nationwide.