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Brazil Supreme Court admits four parties to municipal lottery case

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Brazil Supreme Court Justice Nunes Marques admitted ANALOME, ANJL, CNS and Paraná state as amici curiae in a case challenging municipal lotteries and betting systems. He rejected a similar request from Bethanus Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. The case, brought by Solidariedade, asks the court to suspend municipal laws and decrees pending a ruling on their constitutionality.

The court’s eventual ruling could determine whether municipalities may establish lottery and betting systems under local laws.

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Brazilian Supreme Court suspends municipal lottery case for joint hearing

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court suspended its hearing on a challenge to municipal laws governing lotteries and sports betting on 4 November 2026. President Edson Fachin agreed to consider the case alongside other proceedings on betting, lotteries and games of chance; the court has set no date for resuming the hearing.

On Wednesday the 4th, the full bench of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) halted its consideration of ADPF 1212 once the report had been read and the oral arguments delivered. The court has not fixed a date for the proceedings to pick up again.

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