Senator Beatriz Ávila introduced a bill proposing gambling-prevention campaigns and educational programmes in Argentine schools, according to the report. The proposal would fund measures through payments of up to 1% of online betting turnover, alongside government budget funds and donations.
If adopted, the proposal would require schools to deliver gambling-prevention measures funded partly by betting turnover.
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Galicia's 2026-2030 Plan for the Prevention of Addictive Behaviours, led by the regional health department, sets out lines of action on gambling and betting, both in-person and online. These include regional rules on advertising, promotion and sponsorship, more inspections to stop minors entering gaming halls, bingos and casinos, and monitoring of illegal advertising aimed at them. It also proposes higher administrative and financial penalties for companies and platforms breaching gambling and minor-protection rules, though these are plan proposals rather than approved or active obligations.
Galicia's 2026-2030 Plan for the Prevention of Addictive Behaviours, led by the Consellería de Sanidade, sets out lines of action on gambling and betting, both in-person and online, according to the plan document. The proposals cover regional regulation of advertising, promotion and sponsorship, tighter control of minors' access to gaming establishments and higher penalties. The document states that the measures are lines of action and are not, by themselves, regulatory obligations already approved or in force.
It was reported that Daylín García Ruvalcaba proposed updating Baja California’s youth law to address digital betting and gambling harm. The initiative includes prevention campaigns, staff training and family guidance.
A Quaest poll found that 16% of respondents who were optimistic about Brazil's future cited regulation of betting and social media as a source of hope under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. That group represented 44% of respondents, making the combined issue about 7% of the full sample; the poll did not separate betting from social-media regulation. The survey interviewed 2,004 people from 30 October to 2 November.
Brazilian political analyst Jussara Soares and Arko Advice vice-president Cristiano Noronha forecast that Congress will approve Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting and online games. Noronha said approval could include a transition period; the measure enters urgent procedure on 9 November while its joint committee remains uninstalled.
A newspaper editorial published on 8 November called on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court to uphold Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which ended regulated online betting. The editorial cited R$144 billion allegedly diverted from retail to betting over two years; a commentary challenging that figure put regulated-market gross gaming revenue at R$56.97 billion over 18 months, using Ministry of Finance figures for 2025 and the first half of 2026.