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Brazil Supreme Court weighs restrictions on betting with welfare funds

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Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court is considering a case on the use of Bolsa Família and other social welfare funds for betting, reportedly ahead of a conciliation session. A provisional ruling by Justice Luiz Fux in December barred new accounts for benefit recipients but prevented automatic blocking of existing accounts. Operators oppose broader restrictions, while the National Confederation of Commerce argues that betting use of these funds risks household debt and retail spending.

The court’s eventual decision could determine restrictions on licensed operators’ accounts held by social-benefit recipients.

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Brazil’s PGR asks Supreme Court to pause challenges to betting ban

Brazil’s prosecutor-general, Paulo Gonet, asked the Supreme Federal Court on 6 November to suspend nationwide legal cases challenging Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting. Justice Luiz Fux had not ruled on the request by the report’s publication; Gonet said parallel cases risk inconsistent application of the measure.

Paulo Gonet, the prosecutor-general of Brazil, went to the Supreme Federal Court with a request to halt, across the whole country, the lawsuits contesting the constitutionality of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, the text that banned fixed-odds betting. The filing reached the court on the night of Friday 6 November and was directed to Justice Luiz Fux, who is the rapporteur of the betting cases there. As of the closing of the report, no decision from Fux had been issued.

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