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Brazilian deputies approve bill for sports university funded partly by betting revenue

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Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved Bill 6133/25 to establish the Federal University of Sport in Brasília, with part of its funding to come from fixed-odds betting revenue administered by the Ministry of Sport. The proposal now goes to the Federal Senate; opposition deputies criticised the plan, while government leader José Guimarães said it answered a demand from Brazilian athletes.

The bill would direct some fixed-odds betting revenue towards a proposed federal sports university if enacted.

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Brazil government seeks December approval for fixed-odds betting ban

Brazil’s government is seeking congressional approval of a provisional measure banning fixed-odds betting by 20 December, but formal committee proceedings have not begun. The measure has 94 amendments pending, and is due to enter an expedited procedure on 9 November; it could expire on 4 March 2027 if Congress does not approve it, according to a calculation cited in the report.

Brazil's government is seeking congressional approval by 20 December of Provisional Measure (MP) 1.394/2026, which would ban fixed-odds betting, but the measure has not begun formal committee proceedings in Congress. According to Congress's website, the measure remains awaiting the establishment of the committee; members have been nominated, but no president or rapporteur has been appointed, which has held up consideration of 94 outstanding amendments.

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