The DC Office of Lottery and Gaming said its total regulated gaming transfer to the District's General Fund rose to more than $51.8m in fiscal year 2025, the highest level since 2017. The agency said it also achieved Level 2 Responsible Gaming Certification from the World Lottery Association.
The District's regulated gaming transfer exceeded $51.8m in fiscal 2025, its highest since 2017, alongside Level 2 certification.
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Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Luiz Fux partially granted the Attorney General’s Office request to add participants to a public hearing on Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which seeks to ban fixed-odds betting. The expanded list has 34 participants, up from 28; Fux declined to reopen discussion of betting’s social harms.
Brazil's National Monetary Council (CMN) barred contracts tied to election results and other events unrelated to economic and financial indicators from May 2026, the report said. The measure also led to Polymarket and Kalshi being blocked in Brazil. Specialists warned that users may mistake market probabilities for confirmed election results.
Brazil's National Monetary Council (CMN) barred contracts tied to election results and other events unrelated to economic and financial indicators from May 2026, according to a report. The measure also led to Polymarket and Kalshi being blocked in Brazil, the report said. Polymarket and Kalshi allow users to trade contracts whose value depends on election results, according to the report.
Riccardo Pedrizzi proposed raising AWP payout rates by 5% while reducing the tax levy, as an alternative to the PREU increase on AWP and VLT machines included in Italy’s 2027 budget bill. He said the change could support competitiveness and preserve tax revenue; the article reports that a one-percentage-point PREU increase is being considered.
Riccardo Pedrizzi has proposed raising the payout rate on AWP machines by five percentage points while cutting the PREU levy on AWP and VLT machines, as an alternative to the PREU increase in Italy's 2027 budget bill. He set out the proposal in an analysis published in the newspaper La Discussione. A one-percentage-point rise in the PREU is under consideration, the article reports.
Italian senator Marco Croatti of the Five Star Movement criticised the 2027 budget proposal for a fifth weekly Lotto and Superenalotto draw, arguing that it would increase public gambling and risk worsening gambling-related harm. He cited 2025 gambling turnover of €164bn and claimed 80% came from people with gambling disorder; the article also says the budget includes additional taxes, machine regularisation measures and costly concession extensions.
Marco Croatti, a senator for Italy's Five Star Movement, has criticised the 2027 budget's proposed fifth weekly Lotto and Superenalotto draw, saying the Meloni government intends to raise state revenue through public gambling. In remarks reported on 1 November 2026, Croatti said the measure would worsen problem gambling. The budget proposal includes the extra draw alongside other gambling measures.
A study published by Ranking dos Políticos examines outcomes in 11 countries that banned online betting fully or in part. It reports that about 88% of gambling revenue remained in Norway’s regulated market in 2023, where licensed supply and controls on payments to unlicensed operators exist. The study says it is descriptive and makes no policy recommendations.