The Commission of Economic Development, Industry and Commerce of the House of Representatives approved the legalization of gambling houses in Brazil. The text, belonging to Representative Vicentinho Alves, will have to be treated by other commissions. Betting income generated is planned to be allocated to the Health sector. In the proposal presented before the representatives, casino operation would be limited to the North, North-East and Central-West of the country...

In the UK, the exclusion of Antigua from the Gambling Commission’s ‘white-list’ of approved online advertisers could be overturned following a meeting between ministers of the two nations last week. According to the Antigua Sun newspaper, Errol Cort, Minister of Finance for the island nation, stated that he believed the chances of a reversal in the decision as “favourable”.