Madrid published a decree changing its lawmaking procedures and requiring sector regulations to undergo an effectiveness review at least every four years. The reviews will include a 15-day public consultation; the decree also gives the administration 18 months to submit a proposal prioritising positive administrative silence.
Operators will have a scheduled consultation route to raise difficulties with gambling regulations.
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Italy’s government decree-law 153, published on 26 August 2026 and effective from 27 August, changes tax treatment for gambling-related sponsorships and online gambling concessionaires. It disallows deductions for specified sponsorship costs and classifies certain concessionaire investments as representation expenses subject to the relevant limits, applying from tax periods after the one underway on 31 December 2025.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree on 19 June assigning the Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA) responsibility for defining and supervising the illegal betting market. The SPA will notify financial institutions to block funds linked to illegal operators, while the decree also requires retroactive tax payments; the Central Bank will oversee compliance by financial institutions.
Teófilo “Quico” Tabar, coordinator of the Dominican Republic’s gambling regularisation council, said he would propose detailed reviews of activities outside the limits of a new gambling law once it is approved. He also said he would recommend suspending decisions that change the status of gambling activities while the new framework is being established. The bill has passed the Chamber of Deputies.
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance will require licensed betting advertisements to carry official warnings under new rules announced by Finance Minister Dario Durigan, according to the report. The rules restrict urgency claims, the use of winnings to encourage bets and betting promotions by commentators or experts. Operators may face fines of up to 20% of revenue, suspension for up to 180 days or licence revocation for serious repeat offences.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) is considering the constitutionality of Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which temporarily suspended the regulated fixed-odds betting market. At a 3 November hearing, Justice Luiz Fux raised questions about legal certainty, non-retroactivity and the measure’s constitutional basis; the source says the court may consider how a ruling affects companies already approved. A separate appellate ruling granted temporary relief to CDA Gaming, though the source text ends before detailing its effect.
Justice Luiz Fux of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) scheduled a hearing on November 3, and 36 associations attended to debate Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026. Under that measure, Brazil's regulated fixed-odds betting market was put on temporary hold.