Minnesota lawmakers are considering tax relief for charitable gambling, according to reports. Allied Charities of Minnesota's executive director said organisations sent about $196m to the state last year; the report says charitable gambling generated nearly $5bn in gross receipts in the fiscal year ending 30 June 2025.
A change to charitable gambling taxes could affect the funds Minnesota nonprofits retain for local causes.
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It was reported that Representative Junard Chan proposed taxing online gambling to finance income tax relief. He raised the proposal during a House ways and means committee session.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk backed an EU gambling tax at the Bratislava summit on 10 September. The proposed levy would charge 3% of net turnover and generate an estimated €1.9bn annually. Malta has pledged to veto the tax, which requires unanimous approval from EU members.
Brazilian lawmakers are considering proposals to redirect betting-sector revenues to sports-related purposes. A Senate committee approved Bill 6,124/2025, which would transfer one percentage point of betting revenue allocated to the Sports Ministry to the Defence Ministry’s Military Sports Commission; the bill is now under review by the Economic Affairs Committee.
Georgia’s parliament is considering a proposal to create three five-year permit categories for online casinos, internet slots and sports betting services aimed exclusively at foreign players. The proposed permits would cost GEL100,000 a year, and overseas revenue would face a 5% gross gaming revenue tax. The Revenue Service would oversee licensing, which would be limited to locally registered companies; the proposal has not been approved.
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.