Estonia’s 2026 law sets a 0% tax for games of chance and remote gaming after legislation referred to skill games instead, according to reporting on the error. A local legal expert said the change was expected to be reversed before February, while the Finance Committee chair reportedly said it would be corrected within the month.
Operators face uncertainty over whether the enacted 0% rate will remain in force or be corrected.
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It was reported that Italy’s tax authority expects an €800m increase in gambling income. Non-lottery gambling licences generated €6.66bn in taxes and duties in 2025.
Reportedly, KB Securities expects the fall in drop at South Korea's foreigner-only casinos to stabilise after China's offshore trust tax deadline on 22 October. The brokerage linked the outlook to the Chinese tax measure.
According to KB Securities, the fall in drop at South Korea's foreigner-only casinos should ease once China's offshore trust tax deadline of 22 October has passed.
A Quaest poll found that 16% of respondents who were optimistic about Brazil's future cited regulation of betting and social media as a source of hope under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. That group represented 44% of respondents, making the combined issue about 7% of the full sample; the poll did not separate betting from social-media regulation. The survey interviewed 2,004 people from 30 October to 2 November.
Brazilian political analyst Jussara Soares and Arko Advice vice-president Cristiano Noronha forecast that Congress will approve Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting and online games. Noronha said approval could include a transition period; the measure enters urgent procedure on 9 November while its joint committee remains uninstalled.
A newspaper editorial published on 8 November called on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court to uphold Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which ended regulated online betting. The editorial cited R$144 billion allegedly diverted from retail to betting over two years; a commentary challenging that figure put regulated-market gross gaming revenue at R$56.97 billion over 18 months, using Ministry of Finance figures for 2025 and the first half of 2026.