Madrid regional official Ramón Cubián said the region collected €150 million in gambling tax, up from €142 million over the previous two years. He estimated that the revenue was equivalent to funding more than 700,000 hospital emergency visits, based on an estimated cost of about €200 per visit.
The figures describe the tax contribution attributed to gambling businesses in Madrid and its claimed equivalent in emergency-care funding.
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Enrique Reyes, head of Ceuta’s Tax Services, said the city is home to more than 60% of companies authorised to operate online gambling in Spain. He said the sector supports about 1,200 direct jobs and proposed extending Ceuta’s 50% tax relief to any new taxes.
It was reported that Dario Durigan reiterated support for tobacco-style controls on betting. He advocated greater transaction data sharing, advertising restrictions and higher taxation to discourage excessive consumption.
A European Parliament official said a proposed uniform 1% EU gambling tax had advanced in discussions. The measure remains a proposal.
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.