Paraná lottery authority Lottopar asked the Brazilian Federation of Banks, Febraban, to revise a self-regulation note on closing irregular betting accounts. Lottopar said the note should acknowledge state lotteries’ regulatory role and their authority to operate lottery games within their territories.
The requested clarification concerns how banks’ account-closure guidance applies to state-regulated lottery operators.
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Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office (AGU) has asked the Supreme Federal Court to clarify the scope of its ruling restricting state lottery operations. The AGU says the decision should not cover fixed-odds betting and has asked the court to confirm territorial limits on state operators, including restrictions on digital advertising beyond their home states.
Brazil's MPTCU has requested that the TCU investigate the effects of fixed-odds betting on public spending, household income and debt, tax receipts and other affected areas. The request was filed by deputy prosecutor-general Lucas Rocha Furtado, according to Correio Braziliense and ConJur. Furtado said the aim is not to challenge the constitutionality of the federal betting law but to establish whether the state has failed in its administrative duties.
The Istituto Milton Friedman raised concern over revenue forecasts in Italy's 2027-2029 budget planning document, which projects higher gaming revenue without specifying the measures. The institute asked the economy ministry to clarify whether new taxes, revised levies or specific segments are intended, warning the land-based sector faces collapse.
The Istituto Milton Friedman has asked Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance to clarify how the government intends to raise the additional gaming revenue projected in the 2027-2029 budget planning document, the Documento programmatico di bilancio (DPB). The institute said the DPB forecasts higher gaming revenue without specifying the legislative measures that would produce it.
New Jersey has petitioned the US Supreme Court over states’ authority to regulate sports wagers on prediction markets. The request concerns platforms registered with the CFTC.
Italian Democratic Party deputies Stefano Vaccari and Virginio Merola have asked the government and Customs and Monopolies Agency to clarify whether gambling-account top-up systems comply with anti-money-laundering rules. They cited the law’s €100 weekly cash limit at retail top-up points and alleged that some concessionaires’ cards or wallets could enable circumvention; these concerns remain allegations in the parliamentary question.