Macao’s Financial Bureau reported that casino revenue rose 3.3% year on year from January to October. Gaming tax revenue increased 6.1% to 77.5 billion patacas, while casino sales rose 8% to 205.427 billion patacas. Tax revenue represented 83.3% of the region’s total revenue over the period.
The figures show the casino sector’s contribution to Macao’s public revenue and its performance against government targets.
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Casinò de la Vallée’s board told the Valle d’Aosta regional council’s fourth commission that revenue reached €61.33m through 17 October, up 2.5% from 2025. The commission’s president said operating margin exceeded budget by €3.11m and the board was preparing a 2027–2029 industrial plan.
Casinò de la Vallée reported revenue of €61.33m through 17 October, up 2.5% on 2025, the company's board told the Valle d'Aosta regional council's fourth commission. The commission's president, Josette Borre, said revenue accelerated notably from July.
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.
A study delivered to Supreme Federal Court minister Luiz Fux on 3 November recommended gradually restricting betting, starting with online casinos, rather than ending sports betting. Open Society Foundations funded the research, which reported that 56% of respondents supported banning online games while some backed continued betting under an advertising ban; the study later featured in arguments for Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting nationwide.
A study funded by Open Society Foundations recommended gradual restrictions on betting, starting with online casinos, but was later used to support Brazil's nationwide ban on fixed-odds betting. First lady Rosângela da Silva, known as Janja, delivered the study to Supreme Federal Court minister Luiz Fux at a public hearing on 3 November.