Brazilian sports ministry orders lottery transfers suspended for uncertified bodies
Brazil’s Ministry of Sport issued Portaria MESP No. 6, requiring its certification directorate to notify Caixa Econômica Federal when sports organisations lack the required legal status, so transfers of federal lottery funds can be suspended. Caixa must halt transfers within up to five days of notification; the ministry is to notify it again if an organisation regularises its status.
Sports bodies receiving lottery funds must maintain valid certification or risk having transfers suspended within five days of notice.