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Alabama Senate bill lacks support for gambling expansion

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Alabama Senate Majority Leader Steve Livingston said the Senate has no consensus on HB 152, which the House passed 67-31 on 15 February. The bill would permit retail and mobile sports betting, commercial casinos and a state lottery; Senator Greg Albritton said Republican support was insufficient to advance it from committee.

Operators and suppliers face uncertainty over whether Alabama will authorise sports betting, casinos and a lottery in one bill.

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Brazilian Congress president extends betting ban measure by 60 days

Brazil’s Congress president, Davi Alcolumbre, extended the provisional measure prohibiting fixed-odds betting for a further 60 days, with the decision published on 11 November. The extension gives lawmakers until February to consider the measure, which would end betting authorisations, block websites and apps, and return user balances; the government estimates the ban would reduce revenue by BRL12bn.

Brazil’s provisional ban on fixed-odds betting has been extended by another 60 days by Congress president Davi Alcolumbre. The decision appeared in the federal official gazette on Wednesday 11.

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