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Hokkaido advances candidate-site review after IR questionnaire responses

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Hokkaido said three overseas integrated resort operators and 12 domestic companies responded to questionnaires on potential investor interest. The prefecture will begin considering candidate locations, but has not decided whether to pursue a bid or selected a site. It plans to present draft IR documents to the assembly next month and expects to finalise them in October.

Operators and investors lack a confirmed Hokkaido bid or site, so the prefecture’s location review remains consequential.

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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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