Serie A president Ezio Maria Simonelli told the Chamber of Deputies’ Culture Commission that Italy’s gambling advertising and sponsorship ban had reduced clubs’ revenues. He cited the restrictions introduced by the Dignity Decree as one factor affecting football’s commercial income.
The claim concerns the effect of Italy’s gambling marketing restrictions on clubs’ commercial revenues.
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Brazil's secretary-general of the presidency, Guilherme Boulos, acknowledged that the ban on betting houses has created a financing problem for football clubs and said the government is discussing measures. Boulos met representatives of 35 supporters' groups in São Paulo on 19 October and committed to creating a permanent working group on their demands. The ban took effect in October 2026.
Guilherme Boulos, minister of the Secretaria-Geral da Presidência da República, met representatives of 35 supporters' groups in São Paulo on 19 October and undertook to set up a permanent federal government working group for the sector's demands. The meeting, held behind closed doors, lasted more than two hours and followed a request from the groups for a more direct channel with public authorities, according to Globo Online.
Brazil’s Ministry of Sports cancelled a meeting with football clubs scheduled for 29 September after some club executives said they would not attend in protest at the government’s fixed-odds betting ban. The government described the postponement as a logistical decision, while reports also linked it to the threatened absence. Clubs are continuing talks with officials about financial options, including a proposed credit line and debt measures.
The Netherlands' gambling authority, the KSA, reprimanded TOTO Online over a promotion run through the social media channels of eight professional football clubs. Participants could enter a draw for a signed shirt by placing a bet of at least €5; the KSA said the use of players' signatures indirectly used professional sports figures to promote online gambling.
ABRAS president João Carlos Galassi argued at a Supreme Court hearing on 3 November for retaining MP 1.394/2026, which prohibits fixed-odds betting. The article says the sales increases he cited do not establish that the betting ban caused higher supermarket sales, and challenges his projection of R$ 50 billion in lost food consumption.
João Carlos Galassi, president of the Brazilian supermarket association ABRAS, told a Supreme Court public hearing on 3 November that the court should keep in force MP 1.394/2026, the provisional measure that banned fixed-odds betting in Brazil. The hearing was held by minister Luiz Fux, rapporteur of ADI 8027, and Galassi opened by thanking president Lula for the "decisão corajosa" of issuing the measure.
LOTBA president Jesús Mariano Acevedo opposed a proposed online betting ban in Buenos Aires province, noting that the city regulator is outside that initiative’s jurisdiction. He argued that prohibition could worsen illegal gambling and said prediction markets should follow the rules applied to traditional betting operators.
Jesús Mariano Acevedo, president of the Loteria da Cidade de Buenos Aires (LOTBA), has opposed a proposed ban on online betting in Buenos Aires province and argued for regulation of the activity instead. The proposal, presented in Buenos Aires province, is known as the "Lei Lula". Acevedo said he disagreed with the initiative, while acknowledging that it falls outside LOTBA's jurisdiction, since the body regulates the market in Buenos Aires city.