BETTIMES RESEARCH · PAPER 02

Four iGaming Markets Compared

Brazil, Great Britain, Malta and Ontario use four different routes from regulator oversight to legal market access.

Sample
4 observations
Published
Data checked through
DIRECT ANSWER

The 4 covered markets all regulate online gambling, but they do not use one interchangeable licensing model. The dataset records 4 distinct access descriptions: federal prior authorisation, point-of-consumption licensing, a B2C/B2B hub and registration paired with an operating agreement.

RESEARCH QUESTION

What we tested

Which regulatory fields can be compared across Brazil, Great Britain, Malta and Ontario without pretending their market-access systems are equivalent?

MEASURED FINDINGS

What the current sample shows

Calculated from the linked dataset at build time. Percentages and counts describe only the published BETTIMES coverage set.

  1. 4

    Distinct access models

    Calculated from the market-model field across the four profiles.

  2. 4/4

    Official register links

    Markets with a public operator, business or licensee register linked in the profile.

  3. 16

    Public-source records

    Regulator, authority, primary and dataset links attached to the market profiles.

Breakdown supporting the measured findings.
ClassificationCountInterpretation
Brazil2Federal prior authorisation
Great Britain5Point-of-consumption licensing
Malta4B2C and B2B licensing hub
Ontario5Registration plus operating agreement
CONCLUSION

What follows from the evidence

Comparable research keeps regulator, product scope, market-access route, register and tax treatment in separate columns. A single ‘licensed’ field loses the distinctions that determine what the permission actually covers.

METHOD

How we calculated it

  1. Compare the four current market profiles field by field using only their attached public-authority sources.
  2. Separate regulator, market model, product scope, access route, register and tax treatment.
  3. Report differences descriptively; do not rank jurisdictions or convert unlike tax bases into a league table.
SOURCE PACK

Reproduce the result

The HTML table and CSV expose the rows, source classes, source URLs and verification dates used here.

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LIMITS

What this does not prove

  • Four markets illustrate different operating models but cannot represent every regulatory system.
  • Product definitions and tax bases are jurisdiction-specific, so similar words can carry different legal scopes.
  • The comparison is a dated research aid and not legal, tax or investment advice.
REVISION RECORD

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