An attempt to legalise sports betting in Oklahoma failed, according to the report. The available details identify Senator Bill Coleman as the sponsor of the latest effort but do not specify the bill or the point at which it stalled.
The failed effort leaves the proposed route to legal sports betting in Oklahoma unresolved.
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Oklahoma lawmakers Bill Coleman and Ken Luttrell said they had reached an agreement with the state’s tribes and the Oklahoma City Thunder on a revised sports betting bill. The proposal would permit tribal in-person and mobile wagering, with tribes retaining most revenue and returning 8% of earnings to the state; a Senate vote was expected the following week.
It was reported that Choctaw Casinos & Resorts launched Choctaw Sports in Oklahoma. The app lets users predict sporting results without staking real money as the operator seeks eventual permission for online sports betting.
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.