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Brazil betting groups pursue legal challenges to federal betting ban

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At a 29 September industry meeting in Lisbon, Brazilian betting-sector representatives discussed legal and political challenges to Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibits fixed-odds betting in Brazil. A lawyer representing the ANJL said two cases had been filed with the Supreme Federal Court; participants also reported that some operators were considering staff cuts, while a payment firm executive said three foreign companies had approached him about buying a regulated payment institution to serve the illegal market.

The measure's legal challenges and reported operational responses could affect regulated operators and payment firms in Brazil.

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Brazil ministries restrict access to documents behind betting ban

Brazil’s Casa Civil and Ministry of Justice have restricted access to documents used to formulate MP 1.394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting and online games. Casa Civil cited legal professional privilege; the Justice Ministry classified the documents as reserved for five years. The report says the Finance Ministry had earlier told an information-access requester it had no study on the ban’s impacts.

Two government bodies each shut off access to the records, and each gave a different reason, according to the report. The report said that forty days after the issuance of Medida Provisória no 1.394/2026, which banned fixed-odds betting and online games in the country, the Lula government had still not shown society the documents that supported the decision.

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