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California cardrooms challenge DOJ gambling rules before April start

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The California Gaming Association, cardrooms and third-party proposition players filed two lawsuits in San Francisco Superior Court challenging state gambling rules. The regulations, approved on 6 February 2026, are due to take effect on 1 April, with compliance plans required by 31 May. The plaintiffs seek injunctions to stop the rules while their cases proceed; the state has defended them as properly vetted.

The cases could determine whether cardrooms must change games and operations under the scheduled rules.

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Quaest poll puts bets and social media at 7% as source of hope nationwide

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.

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