The global gambling industry approaches 2026 under a documented tightening of regulation and enforcement across the European Union, United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. The shift is driven by anti-money-laundering (AML) supervision, data-governance and AI rules, advertising restrictions and the transition of large markets from grey to fully regulated status. Every development referenced in this article is grounded in enacted legislation, regulator guidance or published enforcement actions — not forecasts. This outlook provides a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction view of structural changes that…