A Datafolha survey found that the share of bettors using credit cards in Brazil fell from 15% to 10%; credit-card betting is prohibited in the regulated market. The ANJL said the decline reflected the effects of market rules and called for stronger action against illegal operators.
The figures bear on payment-rule compliance and the association’s call to intensify action against illegal operators.
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Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux suspended lower-court proceedings across Brazil that challenge the constitutionality of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibits betting operators. The pause remains until the court decides four constitutional challenges and requires approval by the full court; no date for a final ruling was given.
An interview with Leadstar Media CEO Eskil Kvarnström argues that restrictions on betting in Brazil may redirect consumers to unlicensed operators rather than eliminate demand. The Bet Legal panel, maintained by Iron Security in partnership with ANJL, mapped 710 unauthorised betting sites two days after MP 1.394 was announced, up from 295; LegitBet had confirmed more than 34 thousand suspected sites by the end of October.
Brazilian betting restrictions risk driving customers towards unlicensed operators, Leadstar Media chief executive Eskil Kvarnström said in an interview.
Brazil’s prosecutor-general, Paulo Gonet, asked the Supreme Federal Court on 6 November to suspend nationwide legal cases challenging Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting. Justice Luiz Fux had not ruled on the request by the report’s publication; Gonet said parallel cases risk inconsistent application of the measure.
Paulo Gonet, the prosecutor-general of Brazil, went to the Supreme Federal Court with a request to halt, across the whole country, the lawsuits contesting the constitutionality of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, the text that banned fixed-odds betting. The filing reached the court on the night of Friday 6 November and was directed to Justice Luiz Fux, who is the rapporteur of the betting cases there. As of the closing of the report, no decision from Fux had been issued.
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.