Liquor & Gaming NSW had revoked 649 exemptions for pubs and clubs by 24 March, with the Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority revoking a further 10. From 1 April 2026, venues must stop operating gaming machines between 4am and 10am daily; 13 exemption applications remained pending, with decisions due by 31 March.
Affected venues must comply with the six-hour daily shutdown as the remaining exemption decisions are finalised.
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Liquor & Gaming NSW explains when businesses in NSW may sell or supply alcohol without a liquor licence. The guidance sets out conditions for bed and breakfasts and certain gatherings at age-restricted residential land lease communities, and warns that unlicensed sales outside legal exemptions can attract penalties.
The New South Wales government said its response to a Crime Commission inquiry supports all eight recommendations and will require cashless gaming across pubs and clubs. It proposes legislating 31 December 2028 as the completion date, with new machines required to be cashless once the rollout begins and other player-protection measures also planned.
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.
Brazilian political analyst Jussara Soares and Arko Advice vice-president Cristiano Noronha forecast that Congress will approve Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting and online games. Noronha said approval could include a transition period; the measure enters urgent procedure on 9 November while its joint committee remains uninstalled.
A newspaper editorial published on 8 November called on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court to uphold Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which ended regulated online betting. The editorial cited R$144 billion allegedly diverted from retail to betting over two years; a commentary challenging that figure put regulated-market gross gaming revenue at R$56.97 billion over 18 months, using Ministry of Finance figures for 2025 and the first half of 2026.