The EU AI Act for gambling operators, suppliers and affiliates has entered its enforcement phase. Since 2 August 2026 the transparency rules of Article 50 apply, the ban on manipulative AI has been biting for well over a year, and the high risk obligations have moved to 2027 and 2028. Each of these changes lands differently on operators, on suppliers and on affiliates, and the analysis below explains how.
On 24 July 2026, the Digital Omnibus on AI regulation was published on the Official Gazette introducing changes to the EU AI Act which mark a critical step in reshaping the regulatory framework for artificial intelligence under the Digital Omnibus package.
The European Commission’s latest Digital Omnibus package introduces a significant and much-debated idea: allowing AI training based on legitimate interest, under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, accompanied by a new Article 88c. The proposal formalises something many expected — that training AI systems or AI models on personal data may rely on legitimate interest as a legal basis.
