Italy’s Chamber of Deputies rejected all opposition motions on reforming the public gambling sector after their sponsors declined a consolidated government revision, according to the report. The five motions received between 15 and 94 votes in favour, with each rejected by a majority.
The votes leave the proposed opposition directions on public gambling-sector reform unapproved.
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Sector del Juego reported in commentary that Murcia’s regulatory reform incorporates electronic and hall bingo. CEJ president Fernando Luis Henar welcomed the change, while the article contrasted it with continued non-implementation of electronic hall bingo in the Valencian Community.
Sector del Juego reported in commentary on 16 October that the Region of Murcia has incorporated electronic bingo and hall bingo into its regulatory reform. The article, by editor Juan Ferrer Alpera, said Fernando Luis Henar, president of CEJ, welcomed the step.
The Argentine Episcopal Conference urged the Senate to advance a bill on problem gambling prevention and online betting regulation before it loses parliamentary status on 30 November. The bill passed the lower house in November 2024, and the Senate unanimously approved a preference motion to expedite debate; the proposal includes prevention measures and a focus on minors.
The Argentine Episcopal Conference urged the Senate to advance the online betting regulation bill before it loses parliamentary status on 30 November. The conference made the request at a press conference ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit to the country.
Italy's Chamber of Deputies began examining the 2027 budget bill, which includes measures affecting gaming, according to the report. The proposal would extend land-based betting, slots, VLT and bingo concessions until 31 December 2029, revise gaming taxes and reduce the minimum distance for some bingo halls from 30 to 15 kilometres; parliamentary review is under way.
Argentine deputy Victoria Tolosa Paz proposed allocating about 5.33bn pesos from online gambling tax revenue to the IACOP programme, with 25% for minors. She said the tax had raised 106bn pesos from January to August 2026 and called for the Senate to advance a bill on online gambling and problem-gambling prevention.
Argentine national deputy Victoria Tolosa Paz, who chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on addiction prevention and narcotrafficking control, proposed that funds from the online gambling tax go to preventing problem gambling. She made the proposal after an informational meeting on 4 November between that committee and the committee on families, children and youth, which dealt with problem gambling, especially among minors.
The Italian government’s 2027 budget bill was published on the Chamber of Deputies website, according to the report. The government’s technical report forecasts €952 million in new revenue from the gaming sector in 2027, within €26 billion in total measures. The Budget Committee’s presidium was due to set the schedule for examining the bill.
The text of the 2027 budget bill has been published on the website of Italy's Chamber of Deputies. The Budget Committee's presidium, convened for the early afternoon, is to set the work schedule for examining the budget bill.