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New South Wales commits A$95.2m to gambling reforms for 87,000 poker machines

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The New South Wales government announced reforms on 25 August, including a statewide exclusion register and mandatory facial recognition technology across about 87,000 poker machines from 2028. It committed A$95.2m over four years; the package also raises the forfeiture rate for traded machine entitlements and bans gaming-linked VIP programmes and gambling advertising on government and council property.

Operators with gaming machines in New South Wales face new exclusion, monitoring and entitlement rules.

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Brazil’s STF weighs betting suspension as legal challenges raise uncertainty

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.

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