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Portuguese online gambling association proposes live casino and licensing changes

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The Portuguese online betting and gaming association submitted proposals to the government and the Gaming Regulation and Inspection Service as Portugal considers updating its gambling laws. The proposals include allowing live casino, regulating additional product features, changing licensing and operating procedures, and revising advertising rules. The regulator has also submitted its own proposed amendments; the government has yet to decide which proposals to include.

Any adopted changes could alter licensed operators’ permitted products, procedures and advertising rules in Portugal.

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Castilla-La Mancha gambling association head proposes responses to ONCE terminal rulings

Jesús Serrano Escudero, president of the Castilla-La Mancha Gambling Business Association, said Supreme Court rulings issued in April 2026 on ONCE terminals in hospitality venues create unequal conditions for private gambling businesses. He proposed reviewing terminal exemptions, reforming gambling legislation and considering challenges before Spain’s Constitutional Court or the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Jesús Serrano Escudero, president of the Castilla-La Mancha Gambling Business Association, warned about the situation of private land-based gambling at the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León in Soria. He focused on the consequences of the Supreme Court rulings of April 2026 on ONCE terminals installed in hospitality establishments.

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