Spain’s Popular Parliamentary Group submitted a written question to the government about policies and resources to address problem gambling and early gambling among minors. The party asked what measures are planned, how they will be funded and when they will be introduced, citing ESTUDES survey data.
The questions seek details of proposed prevention measures, funding and timing relevant to gambling policy.
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Brazil's Novo party has filed an Electoral Investigation Action with the Superior Electoral Court seeking to strip President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin of their mandates. The party alleges the government applied 35 regulatory measures, including a fixed-odds betting prohibition, to sway the 2026 presidential election, and seeks an eight-year bar on the two politicians.
An Electoral Investigation Action has been lodged with the Superior Electoral Court by Brazil's Novo party, which wants President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin removed from office. Electoral Inspector General Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva received the case on 20 October, and it carries the number 0603194-42.2026.6.00.0000. Novo's requests include a finding of political abuse of power, the annulment of the candidates' registration or mandate, and an eight-year disqualification. The party's allegations remain unproven, as the court has made no ruling on them.
Italian Democratic Party deputies Stefano Vaccari and Virginio Merola have asked the government and Customs and Monopolies Agency to clarify whether gambling-account top-up systems comply with anti-money-laundering rules. They cited the law’s €100 weekly cash limit at retail top-up points and alleged that some concessionaires’ cards or wallets could enable circumvention; these concerns remain allegations in the parliamentary question.
Italy’s Democratic Party said its dossier on the excise-tax decree attributes no additional revenue to the gambling provisions. The measures classify concessionaires’ spending on information and responsible-communication campaigns as representation expenses, while sponsorship costs linked to legal gambling operators are not deductible for IRES and IRAP. The provisions apply from tax year 2026, with additional revenue allocated to the Fund for Structural Economic Policy Interventions, according to the dossier.
The Democratic Party introduced a Tuscan regional council motion seeking stronger gambling-harm policies. It asked the government to restore prevention and treatment resources and introduce new gaming-hall rules.
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.