Brazil’s National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) announced on 17 June that the Empresa Brasileira de Apoio ao Compulsivo (EBAC) had joined as an associate member. EBAC provides behavioural monitoring, user support and compliance services, and said it aims to help operators create safer betting environments.
EBAC’s membership brings a provider of behavioural monitoring and player-support services into industry discussions through ANJL.
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ANJL, IBJR and Anseja asked Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court on 3 November to suspend Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 until Congress votes on it or the court rules on its merits. The associations said operators had each paid BRL30 million for five-year licences and warned that the measure could leave those fees unrecoverable; Anseja estimated potentially affected tax revenue at BRL12.7 billion or more.
Brazil's main betting sector associations have asked the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to suspend Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 until Congress rules on its content or the court decides the merits. The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL), the Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR) and Anseja presented their arguments to the court on 3 November, at a hearing where they questioned the legal certainty and economic consequences of the decision. The hearing ended without Justice Luiz Fux issuing a ruling or granting the requested interim suspension. No date was set to decide the merits, so the measure remains in force.
Industry representatives warned at a Supreme Federal Court hearing in Brazil that the betting ban could shift activity to unlicensed operators. The Ministry of Justice said it had requested the removal of 36,905 websites between 25 September and 29 October; representatives also said betting volumes fell 32% in the latest three-month data compared with a year earlier.
A debate has intensified in Brazil over whether the betting ban protects consumers or steers gambling toward unregulated operators. The matter featured at a Supreme Federal Court (STF) public hearing on Tuesday. At that hearing, 34 entities discussed Provisional Measure 1.394, the measure that banned betting in Brazil.
Brazil’s Federal District Civil Police launched Operation Azzardo on 5 November, following communications from the Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting about five months earlier. The investigation led to the blocking of just over R$ 3.4 billion in an alleged illegal betting scheme; ANJL said a fintech had moved about R$ 1 billion for the group. The association cited the operation as evidence of the scale of Brazil’s illegal betting market.
On 5 November, the Federal District Civil Police in Brazil carried out Operation Azzardo, an action against an alleged illegal betting scheme. The operation against the scheme ended with the blocking of a little more than R$3.4bn, according to the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL). ANJL said the action was made possible by communications the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) of the Ministry of Finance sent to the Federal District Civil Police about five months earlier.
The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) told a Brazilian Supreme Court public hearing on 3 November that banning fixed-odds betting would not eliminate gambling. ANJL legal consultants said demand had moved to the underground market; a speaker cited a 32% year-on-year fall in betting volume over the latest three months of Ministry of Finance data.
The conclusion was that prohibiting fixed-odds betting in Brazil is not the same as gambling disappearing. The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) presented it at a public hearing held on Tuesday by the Federal Supreme Court, with Justice Luiz Fux as rapporteur.
The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) told a Brazilian Supreme Court public hearing that banning fixed-odds betting would not end gambling, according to a report. ANJL consultant Pietro Cardia cited a 32% fall in betting volume in 2026 and said more than 60% of the market was regulated before the measure; consultant Bernardo Freire said demand had shifted to illegal sites after its introduction.
At a Supreme Court public hearing presided over by reporting justice Luiz Fux, the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) argued that banning fixed-odds betting in Brazil does not amount to the absence of gambling. The association used the hearing to stress that the market needs deeper regulation, which it described as the best way to protect and look after consumers.