Pennsylvania gambling revenue reached $590.6 million in January, up 12% year on year, according to reported figures.
January revenue growth gives operators and investors an indicator of Pennsylvania’s gambling-market performance.
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Pennsylvania gambling revenue rose 7% in April to $595.0 million, according to a media report.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported $597 million in gaming and fantasy-contest revenue for October, up 20.2% year on year. iGaming revenue reached a record $251.1 million, exceeding the previous high of $238.2 million set in March; sports wagering generated $60.7 million from a $968.5 million handle.
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.