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Brazil federal courts have no active injunctions protecting bets operators

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A media-reported review of 19 cases challenging Brazil’s provisional measure banning fixed-odds betting found no injunction currently in force to protect continued operations. The review said a temporary order for Stake Brazil had been suspended; the collective case brought by the National Association of Games and Lotteries is paused pending a Supreme Federal Court ruling.

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The reported absence of active injunctions leaves operators without the court-ordered protection described in the review.

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Brazil’s AGU asks STF to add organisations to betting hearing

Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office asked the Supreme Federal Court to add religious groups, consumer and other organisations, and the Ministry of Justice to a public hearing on ADI 8027. The AGU said the existing list of 26 speakers may not represent differing views evenly. The case concerns a challenge by ANJL to Provisional Measure 1.394/2026.

Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) filed a petition on 28 October with Supreme Federal Court (STF) justice Luiz Fux, the rapporteur of ADI 8027, asking him to widen the list of organisations invited to a public hearing on the case, according to the petition. The hearing is scheduled for the following Wednesday, 4 November. The case is a challenge by ANJL to Provisional Measure 1.394/2026.

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