Burgos City Council presented its first municipal plan to prevent addictions and risk behaviours on 25 March 2026. The 2025–2029 plan includes online betting and allocates €307,500 in 2025 to agreements with local organisations, alongside more than €67,000 from the regional government.
The plan directs local prevention funding towards online betting and other risks, including those affecting young people.
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The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke approved five candidates for one-year terms as commissioners of the interim Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission at its council meeting on 13 October 2026, it announced on 19 October. The additions restore quorum, bringing the KGC to seven commissioners and allowing regular meetings to resume.
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke approved five candidates for appointment to one-year terms as commissioners of the interim Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission at a council meeting on 13 October 2026, the council announced on 19 October. The five are Peggy Mayo Standup, Marcy Delisle, Michelle Phillips, Daryl Leclaire and Frank McComber.
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.
A study delivered to Supreme Federal Court minister Luiz Fux on 3 November recommended gradually restricting betting, starting with online casinos, rather than ending sports betting. Open Society Foundations funded the research, which reported that 56% of respondents supported banning online games while some backed continued betting under an advertising ban; the study later featured in arguments for Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting nationwide.
A study funded by Open Society Foundations recommended gradual restrictions on betting, starting with online casinos, but was later used to support Brazil's nationwide ban on fixed-odds betting. First lady Rosângela da Silva, known as Janja, delivered the study to Supreme Federal Court minister Luiz Fux at a public hearing on 3 November.