Brazil’s president issued Provisional Measure No. 1,394 on 25 September, prohibiting fixed-odds betting operations, offerings, intermediation and advertising nationwide, according to the report. The measure also covers states and the Federal District and orders existing authorisations to end within 30 days.
The measure would end existing authorisations and prohibit fixed-odds betting across Brazil.
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Brazil’s president is preparing a provisional measure to strengthen betting regulation. The report places the initiative against concerns about household debt and gambling addiction.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva could introduce a provisional measure restricting the Bets regime in the coming days. Citing SBC Noticias Brasil and sources close to the presidential palace, the report said a complete gambling ban remained possible.
Brazil’s deputy prosecutor-general Luiz Augusto Santos Lima said at an STF public hearing on 3 November that the prosecutor-general had not yet reviewed the case challenging the provisional measure on fixed-odds betting. Justice Luiz Fux said the court could return the issue to the legislative and executive branches, and noted that the STF would need to consider eight constitutional actions if asked to rule.
Brazil's Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR) did not state a position on the provisional measure that banned fixed-odds betting in the country. This came at the end of a public hearing convened by Justice Luiz Fux of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) on 3 November. Deputy prosecutor-general Luiz Augusto Santos Lima said the prosecutor-general had not yet reviewed the case challenging the measure.
Brazil’s Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 prohibits fixed-odds betting and related advertising, marketing and sponsorship, according to an opinion article. It requires advertising and sponsorship materials to be removed within ten days of publication and operators’ existing authorisations to end after 30 days. The article says the changes raise questions about existing commercial contracts.
Brazil's Provisional Measure 1.394 of 25 September 2026 prohibits fixed-odds betting in the country, according to an opinion article. The article was written by Marcos Paulo de Castro Pereira, a lawyer at Ciscato Advogados Associados.
Brazil’s Provisional Measure 1,394 prohibits fixed-odds betting operations and advertising, and requires sponsorship signs to be removed within 10 days, according to the report. It says operator authorisations are to end within 30 days, while other lottery products, including Loterias CAIXA, are exempt; CAIXA said it has advertised on CazéTV since 2024.