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Thailand cabinet reconsiders casino bill by 4 March

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Thailand’s cabinet is due to reconsider a draft bill for casino resorts by 4 March, after the Council of State completed its review. The proposal allows up to five entertainment complexes, with casinos limited to 10% of each site’s floor space; a two-week public comment period on online gambling ends on 1 March, before the bill proceeds to parliament.

The cabinet’s next review will determine the draft’s progression towards a framework for casinos and online gambling in Thailand.

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Italy’s Council of State upholds PVR register limits for extended concessions

Italy’s Council of State rejected the Customs and Monopolies Agency’s appeal, confirming that PVR register rules cannot immediately apply to remote-gambling concessionaires under technical extensions or their linked retailers. The agency said more than 23m retail outlets had registered; the court found this did not establish that the rules would not reduce the existing network. The provisions must be coordinated with the new concessions awarded through tender procedures.

Italy's Council of State has upheld a ruling that the register of recharge and sales points (PVR) cannot be applied immediately to remote-gambling concessionaires operating under technical extensions or to their linked retailers. The Sixth Section rejected the appeal by the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) against the earlier decision of the Lazio regional administrative court (Tar del Lazio), in a judgment issued on 24 September 2026.

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