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Anseja seeks talks with Brazil’s government on alternatives to betting ban

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Anseja asked Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court to convene a conciliation hearing with the federal government over alternatives to the nationwide betting ban. The association proposed discussions on deposit and loss limits, advertising restrictions, self-exclusion and refunds of concession fees; the request is before the court in a case reported by Justice Luiz Fux.

The proposal could affect the ban’s scope and the obligations facing betting operators in Brazil.

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Brazil’s PGR asks Supreme Court to pause challenges to betting ban

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.

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