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Catalonia’s gaming directorate plans to resume sector planning reviews

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Catalonia’s director general for taxation and gaming, Natàlia Caba Serra, said the administration intends to resume reviews of gaming-sector planning and protection measures. Speaking at an ACORDJOC meeting, she called for evidence-based regulation and said future changes should account for the economic and operational impact on smaller businesses.

Evidence-based planning reviews could change operating conditions for Catalan gaming businesses, with smaller firms’ impacts considered.

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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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