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Cyprus considers restricting gambling access for minimum-income recipients

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Cypriot lawmakers, regulators and public bodies are considering ways to prevent Guaranteed Minimum Income recipients from using state support for gambling; no ban has been approved. Options include restricted-use payment cards, checks against casino access-card applications and adding recipients to the online self-exclusion system. The casino regulator reported increased gambling activity around the middle of the month from 2023, but said this does not establish that recipients caused the rise.

Operators may face new payment, customer-screening or self-exclusion requirements if the proposals advance.

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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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