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Italian local authorities receive €910m from gambling revenue in 2025

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Italian local authorities received about €910m from gambling-related revenues in 2025, according to figures from the State Accounting Office. The total comprised about €773m from gambling and betting taxes and €137m from casino proceeds; the report says a wider revenue-sharing arrangement remains unresolved in the sector’s physical-gambling reform.

The unresolved revenue-sharing arrangements affect funding for local gambling controls and problem-gambling prevention.

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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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