Source: Tax and Customs Board (Estonia)
Gambling operators must submit annex 5 and pay gambling tax in the month after participation-fee acceptance ends for land-based ring-game tournaments. For remote tournaments, the filing and payment cover the previous taxable period.
Operators need to meet the annex 5 filing and payment deadline for ring-game tournament tax.
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Catalonia's Tax Agency will intensify checks on gambling tax returns under its 2026 tax control plan, according to the published resolution described in the report. The agency plans to cross-check information on raffles and random draws, review returns for electronic bingo and check filing deadlines, including those for new gaming machines.
Spain’s tax agency says online gambling gains must be declared as personal income, with tax rates ranging from 19% to 47%. Taxpayers with employment income above €22,000 must report any gambling gains, while those whose only income is gambling must declare when net gains exceed €1,600; licensed platforms must report information to the agency.
Valencia issued an order requiring online submission of certain self-assessment forms and gambling taxes, reportedly published in the official journal. The available text contains no details on the forms, taxes or commencement date.
The Emden city council approved a rise in tax on so-called violent video game machines from €310 to €620, with the proposal coming from the Greens. Tax on standard amusement machines rises from €25 to €36 to offset the abolition of a dance tax. The report notes that no such shooting-game machines exist in the city.
The Emden city council has approved a rise in the tax on so-called violent video game machines from €310 to €620. The proposal came from the Greens. The report, published on 23 October 2026, cites the Emder Zeitung of 6 October as its source.
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.