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Brazil's Desenrola bill bars credit for online betting

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Brazil's Provisional Measure 1.355/2026 bars financial institutions from providing credit operations linked to online betting, and beneficiaries of the programme cannot bet for 12 months. Pix Crédito is not named in the measure, but the restriction is expected to cover it; the Central Bank said financial institutions are responsible for preventing the transactions.

The measure could require banks to block credit-funded betting payments, including Pix Crédito.

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Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court schedules hearing on municipal lotteries

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has scheduled the ADPF 1212 case for a plenary session on 4 November, to consider challenges to municipal lotteries and betting systems. A nationwide interim order suspending municipal rules, related procurement and operating activities remains in force pending the court’s review; breaches carry daily fines.

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has scheduled the ADPF 1212 case for a plenary session on 4 November, the court's president, minister Edson Fachin, said. The case, filed by the party Solidariedade in March 2025 and reported by minister Nunes Marques, challenges municipal laws and decrees that created lotteries, draws and betting systems. A nationwide interim order suspending municipal rules, related procurement and operating activities remains in force pending the court's review.

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