In an interview, ANJL president Plínio Lemos Jorge argued that municipal restrictions on betting advertising exceed local powers and create legal uncertainty for Brazil’s betting market. He said the association is assessing possible responses as more cities introduce restrictions.
Operators may face different advertising restrictions across Brazilian municipalities, while ANJL considers its response.
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Reportedly, the IBJR and ANJL are running their "Proibir não é proteger" manifesto at 10 Brasileirão matches from 16 October, with pitch boards and team shirts. São Paulo players wore the message against Vasco da Gama and Flamengo were to display it against Bahia. The associations oppose Medida Provisória 1.394/2026, which banned betting.
The Instituto Brasileiro de Jogo Responsável (IBJR) and the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL) are taking their "Proibir não é proteger" manifesto to Brasileirão matches, with pitch boards and team shirts, the associations announced. The activation returns in 10 matches from Friday 16 October, in a new format, during the 31st round of the Campeonato Brasileiro.
Legitbet, a monitoring platform maintained by the ANJL, identified 221 new illegal betting sites in Brazil over the Children's Day holiday. It also found 1,439 suspicious links, mainly on Telegram, and recorded 30,844 clandestine sites still accessible on the holiday's final day. ANJL president Plínio Lemos Jorge said the increase was a consequence of the regulated market's end.
Legitbet, a monitoring platform maintained by the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL), identified 221 new illegal betting sites in Brazil during the Children's Day holiday period, according to a survey. The survey covered 9 to 12 October 2026.
ANJL lawyer Pietro Cardia Lorenzoni presented postdoctoral research at IDP in Brasília on 14 October. The work received approval with a recommendation for publication and argues that Brazil should address betting-related social harms through regulation. It also argues that MP 1.394/2026 is unconstitutional; the source says ADIs 8.024, 8.027 and 8.028 contest the measure.
Pietro Cardia Lorenzoni, a lawyer for the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL), presented postdoctoral research at the Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa (IDP) in Brasília on 14 October. The work, titled "Regulação e Jurisdição Constitucional: análise e propostas hermenêuticas sobre legislação, regulação federal e jurisprudência da modalidade lotérica de aposta de quota fixa", was approved with a recommendation for publication, according to the report.
The ANJL filed a collective action in Brazil’s Federal Court seeking to preserve its members’ authorisations while the presidential measure suspending betting operations is considered by Congress. The association says its first case does not seek to resume betting and asks that sites and customer-service channels remain available for communication; it is also considering a broader separate action.
Brazil’s ANJL said the government’s blocking and redirection of authorised betting sites was contributing to growth in illegal gambling. The association said its monitoring system counted 30,282 active, accessible illegal betting links when it issued its statement, and reported that it had asked three government bodies for reconsideration and details but received no response.