Brazil’s Society of Pediatrics and Brazilian Academy of Pediatrics plan to submit arguments to the Supreme Federal Court and National Congress on Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibits fixed-odds betting operations, offers, intermediation and advertising in the country. The groups want to take part in public hearings, citing concerns about children’s exposure and household debt; a congressional joint committee on the measure has yet to be formed.
Brazil’s Society of Paediatrics and the Brazilian Academy of Paediatrics want to participate in the debate over the country’s fixed-odds betting ban and support keeping the measure in place. The Society of Paediatrics said the groups were seeking to take part in congressional public hearings on Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibits the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds bets.