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Brazil’s SPA excludes municipalities from national betting-system meeting

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Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) invited representatives of the states and Federal District to a meeting on developing a National Betting System on 4 April, but did not invite municipalities. SPA secretary Regis Dudena told the National Association of Municipal and State Lotteries that the agency saw the system as a priority but said there was no legal provision for municipalities to operate fixed-odds betting; a related challenge to municipal laws is pending before the Supreme Federal Court.

The dispute concerns whether municipalities can regulate and operate betting alongside federal and state authorities.

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Brazilian Supreme Court considers joint hearings on betting and lottery cases

Brazilian Federal Supreme Court president Edson Fachin said the court could combine cases on online betting, municipal lotteries and the prohibition of games, but no trial date has been set. Justice Flávio Dino proposed grouping the proceedings, while Fachin had initially favoured separate hearings; Justice Luiz Fux said he needed more time to complete part of his opinion on betting cases.

Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) president Justice Edson Fachin indicated that the court could assess jointly the cases on online betting regulation, municipal lotteries and the prohibition of games. The possibility was raised during a plenary session, and no date has been set for the trial.

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