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Brazil decree allows asset freezes against unauthorised betting platforms

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree allowing authorities to freeze assets held by companies operating unauthorised online betting platforms, the report said. The finance ministry also said financial institutions that continue processing payments after warnings can be held responsible for the operators’ unpaid taxes; advertisers are covered by the measures as well.

Brazil’s measures expose payment processors and advertisers serving unauthorised betting platforms to potential liability.

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Brazil sports ministry tells STF betting MP has emptied ANJL action against Minas decree

Brazil's Ministry of Sport told the Supreme Court that Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which banned fixed-odds betting nationwide, has removed the grounds for the ANJL's challenge to Minas Gerais decree 49.279/2026. The document, signed on 13 October and approved the following day, argues that the alleged discrimination between federal and state operators no longer exists because both are barred from advertising. The ministry acknowledged that the provisional measure still depends on Congress.

Brazil's Ministry of Sport has told the Supreme Court that Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which banned fixed-odds betting nationwide, has removed the grounds for the ANJL's challenge to Minas Gerais decree 49.279/2026, according to a legal opinion. The opinion, Informações nº 00141/2026 from the ministry's legal consultancy (CONJUR/MESP), was signed on 13 October and approved the following day by the ministry's legal consultant, Guilherme Assunção Fagundes. The case, ADI 8.014, is reported by minister Flávio Dino. The ANJL is represented by lawyers Pietro Cardia Lorenzoni and Bernardo Cavalcanti Freire.

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