Spain’s Senate approved amendments to the customer-service bill, removing a provision that would have changed gambling law, according to the report. The amended text returned to Congress, which must decide whether to accept the removal; rejecting it would restore the original gambling provision.
Congress’s decision will determine whether the bill includes a change to gambling law.
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Brazil’s PEC 18/2025 no longer includes a provision to direct betting-sector funds to public security after the proposal’s text was reviewed. The Senate vote was postponed, according to the report.
A 2023 amendment introduced by Brazil’s federal government removed restrictions on when betting adverts could run during sporting events, leaving a ban on communications targeting minors. The government argued the earlier limits would constrain advertising and commercial expression; the Ministry of Justice said its aim was to protect children and adolescents. The Ministry of Finance is considering a review of the guidelines.
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.