Brazil measure banning online betting enters urgency status after 45 days
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Brazil’s Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibits sports betting and online casinos, entered urgency status on 9 November after 45 days without a congressional vote. The mixed committee assigned to examine it has not been installed or appointed a chair or rapporteur, and the measure must be reviewed by the committee and read in the Chamber plenary before the legislative agenda can be blocked. It has legal effect and has drawn 99 proposed amendments.
Brazil's ban on sports betting and online casinos entered urgency status on 9 November after Congress went 45 days without voting on it. The measure is already in legal effect, though Congress has yet to formally consider it.
The mixed committee responsible for examining the measure has not been installed and has neither a chair nor a rapporteur, although its members were appointed on 30 September. Parliamentarians have submitted 99 amendments proposing changes to the scope of the ban.
The Chamber of Deputies said urgency status does not automatically block the legislative agenda. The mixed committee must first examine the measure, after which it must be read in the Chamber plenary.