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Brazil decree sets measures against illegal betting, lawyer says

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Brazil republished Decree No. 13,033 in the Official Gazette to correct three provisions, after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed it on 19 June, according to the report. The decree provides measures to combat illegal betting and assigns accountability to financial and payment institutions and influencers linked to the irregular market; lawyer Roberto Brasil Fernandes said it could strengthen coordination and enforcement.

The decree sets out measures affecting payment institutions and influencers linked to Brazil’s irregular betting market.

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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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