Madrid’s regional government approved a draft taxpayer-defence bill that now goes to the Madrid Assembly, according to the report. The bill covers state-devolved taxes managed by the region, including gambling taxes; the government also approved a decree requiring general reviews of regional laws every four years.
The draft could change how gambling-tax matters are handled by Madrid’s regional administration.
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SOFTSWISS has released the fifth edition of its iGaming Trends report. Chief marketing officer Valentina Bagniya discussed artificial intelligence, changes in taxation and compliance in relation to industry maturity.
The Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces called for ordinary-statute regions to receive an ongoing, unrestricted share of gaming-machine tax revenue under Italy’s proposed public gaming reorganisation decree. The request was made during a hearing on the 2026 Public Finance Document; the decree has not yet been approved, according to the report.
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.