Italy’s government is looking to gambling taxes to help fund its spending plans, according to the report. The report also points to licensing reforms and continued uncertainty over retail gambling rules.
Operators face possible tax implications alongside licensing reform and uncertainty over retail gambling rules.
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Minnesota’s 3 November elections could affect efforts to legalise sports betting, with the state legislature still divided, reportedly. The DFL generally supports tribal-led mobile betting, while Republicans have favoured a broader licensing model that could include horse tracks and charitable gaming groups.
A report suggests that the outcome of Minnesota's 3 November vote may reshape the prospects for legal sports betting, a question on which the legislature has so far been unable to agree. Voters will fill every one of the 134 House seats and 67 Senate seats, and the two major parties currently hold near-equal strength in each chamber. Among the small group of US states without legal online sports betting or commercial retail sportsbooks is Minnesota; it hosts a number of tribal casinos, yet no regulated sports wagering framework has been enacted by lawmakers.
The Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR) disputed ABRAS’s claim that restricting sports betting drove higher food purchases in Brazil. IBJR said nominal food retail sales had already risen 7.9% in the week of 14–20 September, before the restriction took effect, and argued that the cited figures do not establish a link.
The Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR) said on 29 October that figures published by the Brazilian Supermarket Association (ABRAS) do not establish a link between the prohibition of sports betting and an increase in food purchases recorded in October. In a statement, the institute said that isolating variables such as income, employment, prices and the resources available to households would be necessary to establish such a connection, and that those factors affect consumption independently of the provisional measure that restricted sports betting.
The ANJL said IBGE inflation data do not support Abras’ claim that restrictions on legal betting drove higher food consumption in Brazil. It cited an October IPCA-15 rate of 0.38%, food and drink price growth of 0.88%, and price falls for several basic food items; the association also pointed to a 15% Bolsa Família increase and two public holidays.
The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) has disputed a claim by the Brazilian Supermarkets Association (Abras) that restrictions on legal betting drove higher food consumption in Brazil, saying official IBGE inflation data do not support the link. The ANJL also drew attention to the timing of Abras' statement, in the week before a public hearing at the Supreme Court (STF) on the future of the betting market.
Italy’s 2027 budget proposal reportedly includes a possible increase in the PREU levy on AWP and VLT machines, drawing opposition from industry representatives. Reports indicate officials may reduce a one-percentage-point rise initially considered for both machine types, but no official text confirms the change; operators also want rules clarified for a proposed trial of a new machine type.
Italy's 2027 budget proposal reportedly includes a possible increase to the prelievo erariale unico (PREU) levy on AWP and VLT machines, a measure that has drawn opposition from representatives of the machine-gaming sector. No official draft of the budget has been published, and the text was expected only between Saturday and Sunday, a day after the Council of Ministers gave its approval.
The betting sector has criticised recent UK government tax decisions and forecast mass layoffs, according to the headline and feed snippet.