Brazilian deputies and senators had submitted 48 amendments to the provisional measure banning sports betting and online gaming by Tuesday night, according to the report. The deadline for further amendments is 13 October, while Congress has not set a review schedule or appointed the joint committee’s chair and rapporteur.
The amendments could alter the proposed ban and related rules for betting, advertising and licence payments.
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Brazil’s betting prohibition under MP 1.394/2026 has attracted 99 congressional amendments, most seeking changes to soften it. The measure was issued on 25 September. The report says Supreme Court rapporteur Luiz Fux is considering deferring his decision until after the second election round.
Brazil's provisional measure prohibiting betting, MP 1.394/2026, has accumulated 99 amendments in Congress, most of them seeking to make the measure more flexible. The measure was issued on 25 September. In the Supreme Court, rapporteur Luiz Fux is considering leaving his decision until after the second election round, according to the report.
Reportedly, Brazilian lawmakers submitted amendments seeking to soften or overturn Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026. The amendment deadline has passed, while lawsuits concerning the measure remain pending.
Brazilian lawmakers submitted amendments to Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026, the measure that banned all fixed-odds betting in Brazil, with the deadline for Congress amendments now passed. The amendments are to be reviewed by a joint committee, and lawsuits concerning the measure remain pending, according to a report on 14 October.
Lawmakers allied with Flávio Bolsonaro filed 30 of the 35 amendments seeking to soften or reverse Brazil’s MP 1.394/2026. By the 13 October deadline, lawmakers had filed 97 amendments: 25 would tighten the ban and 37 were neutral. Most pro-betting amendments would ban online casino games while retaining sports betting.
Lawmakers filed 97 amendments to Brazil's MP 1.394/2026, the provisional measure banning fixed-odds betting, by the 13 October deadline, according to the source. Of these, 35 would soften or reverse the ban, 25 would tighten it and 37 are neutral. Allies of Flávio Bolsonaro in Congress are behind 30 of the 35 pro-betting amendments, with 30 coming from lawmakers in PL and PP.
Brazil’s Congress has yet to form the joint committee needed to review President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s provisional measure banning betting, more than 40 days after he signed it on 25 September, according to media reports. The measure expires if Congress does not vote within 120 days; the reported deadline is 4 March 2027, with the period suspended during the parliamentary recess. Senators from government and opposition parties have urged congressional president Davi Alcolumbre to move the process forward.
The provisional measure banning betting in Brazil, signed by President Lula on 25 September, has reportedly not yet started moving through the National Congress. The joint committee that must examine the text and issue an opinion before a floor vote has not been installed.
Janja da Silva attended a public hearing at Brazil's Supreme Federal Court on 3 November about provisional measure 1.394/2026, which would prohibit fixed-odds betting. She gave rapporteur Luiz Fux a report on women and online betting and later posted that a ban would protect families, reportedly.
Brazil's first lady, Janja da Silva, attended a public hearing at the Supreme Federal Court on Tuesday morning, although she was not on the list of speakers. The hearing was convened by minister Luiz Fux to discuss provisional measure 1.394/2026, which the report says prohibits fixed-odds betting in the country.