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Brazilian Congress appoints joint committee to examine fixed-odds betting bill

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Brazil’s National Congress appointed members on 30 September to a joint committee examining Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which would prohibit fixed-odds betting operations, offers, intermediation and advertising. A Chamber of Deputies technical note said the government did not explain the assumptions and methodology behind its projected revenue losses; the committee’s installation date remains undecided.

The committee will examine the proposed betting prohibition and challenge the stated assumptions behind projected revenue losses.

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Brazil ministries restrict access to documents behind betting ban

Brazil’s Casa Civil and Ministry of Justice have restricted access to documents used to formulate MP 1.394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting and online games. Casa Civil cited legal professional privilege; the Justice Ministry classified the documents as reserved for five years. The report says the Finance Ministry had earlier told an information-access requester it had no study on the ban’s impacts.

Two government bodies each shut off access to the records, and each gave a different reason, according to the report. The report said that forty days after the issuance of Medida Provisória no 1.394/2026, which banned fixed-odds betting and online games in the country, the Lula government had still not shown society the documents that supported the decision.

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