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Andrea de Bertoldi urges safeguards for Italian gaming SMEs in reform

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Italian MP Andrea de Bertoldi of the League called on the government to complete the public gaming-sector reform without weakening small and medium-sized businesses. He supported the government’s revised motion, arguing that excessive concentration could shift activity from land-based gambling to online operators and affect tax revenues and problem-gambling prevention.

Reform safeguards could preserve smaller gaming businesses while limiting shifts to online gambling that may affect tax revenues and problem-gambling prevention.

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Brazil’s STF weighs betting suspension as legal challenges raise uncertainty

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) is considering the constitutionality of Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which temporarily suspended the regulated fixed-odds betting market. At a 3 November hearing, Justice Luiz Fux raised questions about legal certainty, non-retroactivity and the measure’s constitutional basis; the source says the court may consider how a ruling affects companies already approved. A separate appellate ruling granted temporary relief to CDA Gaming, though the source text ends before detailing its effect.

Justice Luiz Fux of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) scheduled a hearing on November 3, and 36 associations attended to debate Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026. Under that measure, Brazil's regulated fixed-odds betting market was put on temporary hold.

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