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Cruzeiro says Minas Gerais decree will not stop Mineirão home matches

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Cruzeiro says it will continue playing home matches at Mineirão after Minas Gerais restricted betting advertising on state-administered public property. The club said Governor Mateus Simões assured its president that the team and its supporters would not be affected; Cruzeiro also plans to meet the state government’s chief of staff to discuss the decree’s effects.

The decree may affect betting sponsorship and advertising at a state-owned stadium used for Cruzeiro matches.

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Minas Gerais and Brazil’s sports ministry say federal measure affects ad-ban case

The Minas Gerais government and Brazil’s Ministry of Sport told the Supreme Federal Court that a federal provisional measure banning betting advertising changed the legal context of an association’s challenge to the state decree. The court has not ruled that the case is moot; the minister noted that the measure still requires congressional approval and could lose effect.

The Minas Gerais government and Brazil's Ministry of Sport have told the Supreme Federal Court (STF) that a federal provisional measure banning betting advertising changed the legal context of a challenge to a state decree, according to the report. The action, ADI 8014, was filed by the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) against the Minas Gerais decree restricting betting advertising on state public property and at events supported by the state executive.

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