Paraíba’s state lottery authority Lotep held a meeting with authorised operators and industry representatives in João Pessoa on 11 March, according to a media report. Discussions included responsible gambling, marketing rules, regulatory modernisation and technology for monitoring authorised platforms.
Operators in Paraíba face discussion of marketing obligations and evolving regulatory and monitoring requirements.
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Switzerland’s CFCG held a national meeting in Bern on 20 October, bringing together 81 federal and cantonal authority representatives to discuss cooperation against illegal gambling. The commission said participants from 22 cantons and three linguistic regions discussed artificial intelligence in criminal investigations, social media advertising, sports betting and asset confiscation.
Switzerland's CFCG held the fourth national meeting on combating illegal gambling in Bern on 20 October, bringing together 81 representatives of federal and cantonal authorities. The CFCG organised the day and invited the participants, the commission said. The 22 cantons and three linguistic regions were represented at the meeting.
Representatives from ALEA, LOTBA and IPRA took part in IAGR’s annual conference in Lima from 19 to 22 October 2026, according to the report. ALEA president Ida López spoke on two panels, while LOTBA president Jesús Mariano Acevedo presented Buenos Aires’s experience with Polymarket. The agenda covered connected markets, illegal gambling, consumer protection and regulatory cooperation.
Representatives of three Argentine gaming bodies took part in the 2026 annual conference of the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR), held in Lima, Peru, from 19 to 22 October, according to a report on the event. The delegation comprised Ida López, president of the Asociación de Loterías Estatales Argentinas (ALEA); Jesús Mariano Acevedo, president of Lotería de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (LOTBA); and Osvaldo Hillar, president of the Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) of Tierra del Fuego.
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.