Randstad Research estimates that gambling and betting activities in Spain lost 11.4% of contracted hours in Q2 2026, the country’s third-highest sector rate. The figure was 10.4% a year earlier, against a 7.2% average across sectors; the research does not examine causes by sector.
The sector-specific rate gives gambling employers a benchmark for workforce planning.
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A committee of the Buenos Aires provincial Chamber of Deputies could not discuss a bill on online gambling and advertising on 12 November because it lacked a quorum, chair Micaela Olivetto said. The proposal would direct 3% of monthly betting revenue to sports-related funding, but opposition lawmakers want municipalities to distribute the money. Olivetto and co-sponsor Facundo Tignanelli called another meeting for 17 November.
The House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development reportedly held a hearing on Wednesday about gambling risks for US students and student athletes. Rep. Michael Baumgartner cited a survey finding that 31% of male students and 25% of female students knew someone who had experienced financial distress or academic problems after online wagering losses.
KwaZulu-Natal’s Finance Portfolio Committee began public hearings on the province’s 2026 gaming and betting tax bill in Pietermaritzburg on 10 November. Goldrush Gaming Group executive Katleho Thejane warned that proposed increases of more than 300% could lead to industry closures; further hearings are scheduled for 1 December and 2 December, with written comments accepted until 15 January 2027.
Public hearings are under way in KwaZulu-Natal on a bill to raise gaming and betting taxes. The provincial legislature’s Finance Portfolio Committee opened the hearings in Pietermaritzburg on 10 November, with the KwaZulu-Natal Gaming and Betting Tax Bill, 2026, under consideration.
The Junta’s 2027 budget bill submitted to the Andalusian parliament omits a proposed change that would exempt qualifying social bingo from the regional gambling law. The accompanying economic report still describes the exemption as a planned change, although the provision is absent from the bill.
Andalusia's Junta has sent its 2027 budget bill to parliament without a proposed change to the regional gambling law covering social bingo.
Partouche says it is continuing to challenge the transfer of the building used by Infiniti Casino in Berck-sur-Mer. Chairman Fabrice Paire said the handover has taken effect, but civil courts will decide whether ownership passed to the municipality; the Council of State upheld the transfer on 4 March 2026.