Brazilian Supreme Court Justice João Otávio de Noronha argued in an interview during the Lisbon Forum that Brazil should consider legalising land-based casinos. He said the current ban sends gambling revenue and jobs overseas, while distinguishing traditional casinos from online betting.
The justice argues that legalising land-based casinos could keep gambling revenue and jobs from going overseas.
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Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Luiz Fux ordered the attorney-general to respond within 72 hours in a case involving Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting, the report said. Fux was also assigned as rapporteur for three further cases challenging the measure. The claimants in those cases have sought suspension of the ban, while one argues that it should not apply to states and the Federal District.
Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino rejected the ANJL’s request for an interim suspension of Minas Gerais’s decree restricting betting advertising on state property and at state-backed events. The decree also bars state funds from financing such activity; the court has yet to decide the case’s merits. ANJL said it will appeal to the full court.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court suspended its hearing on whether operating gambling games constitutes a criminal misdemeanour after Justice Flávio Dino requested more time to review the case. Dino said the court also needed to consider possible effects on fixed-odds betting; lawyer Luiz Felipe Maia warned that including the betting law’s constitutionality could put the regulated market at risk.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court began reviewing whether the 1941 criminal prohibition on gambling is compatible with the 1988 Constitution. Justice Luiz Fux, the rapporteur, presented the first part of his vote in favour of maintaining the rule; the hearing was suspended before he completed it. The case concerns 2,728 stayed proceedings, and the other justices are due to vote after Fux concludes his opinion.
SINDIBETS-SP welcomed the approval of ending the 6×1 work schedule and said several regulated companies have used a 5×2 schedule for more than two years. The association said more than 5 mil jobs had been lost amid measures introduced by MP 1.394/2026, published less than 30 days earlier. It urged caution in linking any change in retail consumption to the end of regulated betting and said it was discussing ways to preserve jobs with labour entities.
SINDIBETS-SP, an association representing betting operators in São Paulo state, said it supported the approval of the end of the 6×1 work schedule by the National Congress on the previous day, according to a statement. The association said several regulated companies had used a 5×2 schedule for more than two years.