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Brazilian lawmakers schedule hearing on betting payments to athletes

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Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies will hold a public hearing on payments by sports betting companies to athletes for use of their names and images. Deputy Caio Vianna filed the request, which is due for a vote on Wednesday 10 September; the 2023 law provides for a share of fixed-odds betting revenue to go to athletes, clubs, confederations and sports leagues. FENAPF has said athletes have not received the payments.

The hearing will address implementation of statutory revenue-sharing payments affecting betting operators and sports bodies.

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Brazilian justice suspends lower-court challenges to betting ban

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Luiz Fux ordered lower-court cases challenging the constitutionality of the country's betting ban to be suspended. The order remains in force pending a full-court review and final decisions in four cases; it prevents companies from obtaining new individual court authorisations to operate in the meantime.

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Luiz Fux ordered lower courts to suspend cases challenging the constitutionality of the government's ban on sports betting and online gaming platforms. The decision prevents companies from obtaining new individual court authorisations to continue or resume operations for the time being.

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