Gaming tax receipts in the Canary Islands diverged in April 2026, with bingo revenue rising 3.5% year on year to €1,357,027 and amusement-machine revenue falling 13.1% to €6,672,581. The report reports both categories remained below their April 2024 totals, while machines continued to contribute more than bingo.
The figures show contrasting tax-revenue trends across two land-based gaming segments in the Canary Islands.
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HM Revenue & Customs said provisional gambling and betting tax receipts in the UK reached £1.93bn between April and July 2026, up 19% year on year. Remote Gaming Duty accounted for about half of the total after its rate rose from 21% to 40% on 1 April 2026. The report says the government expects further changes to betting duties from April 2027.
Italy’s Treasury reported more than €2.1bn in state revenue from gambling taxes and duties in the first four months of 2026. The report attributes €1.68bn to levies on gaming machines, alongside receipts from betting taxes, lottery winnings, bingo and other gambling activities.
Brazil's Federal Revenue Service collected BRL4.586bn ($886.2m) in betting taxes between January and April 2026, almost double the BRL2.283bn in the same period of 2025, according to figures cited in an iGaming Business article by Alex W. Pariente. The revenue came from 87 licensed operators, up from 49 at the start of the market's first full year, while independent estimates cited in the report put illegal betting at 41% to 51% of total activity.
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.
Researchers from four Irish universities have proposed tighter gambling controls in Ireland, including restrictions on low-cost scratchcards, according to the study. It suggests minimum gambling spend thresholds of €5, €10 or €15 and measures such as stricter advertising rules, health warnings and higher taxes. Lead author Dr Frank Houghton of the Technological University of the Shannon said policymakers could draw on tobacco-control measures.
Researchers from four Irish universities are calling for tighter gambling controls, with low-cost scratchcards among the targets. They suggest setting the lowest permitted gambling spend at €5, €10 or €15, aiming to curb impulsive play and gambling by under-age people.