Dutch MP Michiel van Nispen will not stand again and is leaving parliament ahead of the 29 October election. He said he could no longer balance the role with family life; Van Nispen had opposed online gambling legalisation and backed measures to restrict gambling advertising.
His departure removes a lawmaker who had opposed online gambling legalisation and supported restrictions on gambling advertising.
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Brazil’s presidential runoff takes place on 25 October as the provisional measure banning licensed betting awaits a decision by Congress. Flávio Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party won 121 of 513 Chamber of Deputies seats, while commentators Ramiro Atucha and Udo Seckelmann said the election result would not determine whether the market returns.
Brazil's presidential election will go to a second round on 25 October, with the future of the country's licensed betting market still unresolved. Incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva banned the sector in late September through a provisional measure, which now goes to the National Congress to decide whether it becomes permanent. Neither candidate passed the 50% needed to avoid a runoff in the first round.
A press report said Brazil’s presidential election was heading to a second round after incumbent President Lula lost the first round to Flávio Bolsonaro. It also reported that online sports betting and iGaming would be banned from 6 October, but provided no further details on the measure or its status.
Heather Maurer will leave her role as chief executive of the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) on 16 October. Her departure follows the organisation’s announcement of a $2m partnership with Kalshi several months earlier.
Heather Maurer will leave her position as chief executive of the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) on 16 October, the organisation announced on 28 September. She will remain with the NCPG until that date to support the handover of her work. The NCPG has not disclosed why Maurer is stepping down and has begun the search for a successor.
Members of Brazil’s Centrão bloc reportedly plan to resume efforts to amend the presidential measure banning sports betting and online games after the 25 October election run-off. One option under discussion would allow sports betting while keeping online casinos prohibited; the measure remains in force as lawmakers consider amendments.
Brazilian football clubs stepped up protests against Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which the report describes as a ban on online gambling. Flamengo plans to put a protest slogan on its shirt, while São Paulo and Fluminense used Superscore to retain commercial visibility; sector representatives argue the measure could push users towards illegal operators.