Brazil’s government formally appointed Daniele Correa Cardoso as head of the Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Bets, confirming her after an interim period. An official order also named Fabio Augusto Macorin as the secretariat’s deputy secretary; the ANJL welcomed both appointments.
The appointments establish the leadership of Brazil’s authority overseeing prizes and betting.
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Brazil’s National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) welcomed Daniele Correa Cardoso’s appointment as secretary of Prizes and Betting and Fabio Macorin’s appointment as deputy secretary. ANJL president Plínio Lemos Jorge said the association supported continued efforts to regulate sports betting and online gaming and combat illegal operators.
A Brazilian congressional external committee will hold a public hearing on illegal online betting on 11 August, following a request by deputy Julio Lopes. The hearing will examine differing estimates: the federal government says up to 70% of bets are in the regulated market, while industry groups estimate illegal platforms account for about half of market activity.
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Brazil's Finance and Sports ministries gave the Supreme Federal Court differing views on Minas Gerais' decree restricting betting advertising on state property and at events promoted or supported by the state. Both said a later provisional measure had made the case moot; Finance argued the decree may intrude on federal powers, while Sports defended state administrative autonomy.
Brazil's Finance Ministry and Sports Ministry have given the Supreme Federal Court differing views on a Minas Gerais state decree that restricts betting advertising, according to the two submissions in ADI 8014. Both ministries told the rapporteur, Justice Flávio Dino, that Provisional Measure 1.394 of 25 September 2026, which banned betting nationwide, had removed the basis of the case. They disagree on the merits: Finance argued the decree may intrude on federal legislative powers, while Sports said it can be preserved as an exercise of the state's administrative autonomy.