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Brasilcon seeks amicus curiae role in Brazil betting-law case

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Brasilcon filed a request to participate as amicus curiae in Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court case challenging the constitutionality of Law 14.790/2023, which regulates fixed-odds sports betting. The case was brought by the National Confederation of Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism, and Justice Luiz Fux is the rapporteur; Brasilcon said consumer-rights issues and the case’s technical complexity support its participation.

The request could add a consumer-policy perspective to the court’s review of Brazil’s sports-betting law.

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Study recommends gradual betting restrictions, but is cited in Brazil ban debate

A study delivered to Supreme Federal Court minister Luiz Fux on 3 November recommended gradually restricting betting, starting with online casinos, rather than ending sports betting. Open Society Foundations funded the research, which reported that 56% of respondents supported banning online games while some backed continued betting under an advertising ban; the study later featured in arguments for Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting nationwide.

A study funded by Open Society Foundations recommended gradual restrictions on betting, starting with online casinos, but was later used to support Brazil's nationwide ban on fixed-odds betting. First lady Rosângela da Silva, known as Janja, delivered the study to Supreme Federal Court minister Luiz Fux at a public hearing on 3 November.

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