Cuiabá City Council committees approved a proposal to repeal the law establishing a municipal lottery service. The measure now goes to the council plenary for consideration; the source also reports that a 2025 Supreme Federal Court injunction suspended municipal laws and decrees authorising lotteries and sports betting.
The proposal would remove the legal basis for a municipal lottery in Cuiabá, subject to plenary consideration.
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São Paulo’s municipal council filed an appeal with Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court on 22 January 2026, seeking to overturn the suspension of the city’s lottery law. The challenged precautionary decision halted municipal lottery operations and related acts nationwide; the council asked for the law to remain effective pending a final ruling.
Nova Odessa’s municipal council postponed consideration of a proposal to establish a municipal lottery until 2026, after approving a motion by councillor Márcia Rebeschini. Mayor Cláudio Schooder had submitted the proposal under an urgent procedure. The bill would allow private companies to operate the lottery under 20-year concessions, while the city’s legal opinion questioned whether municipalities have authority to create such a service.
Porto Alegre City Council is considering a bill introduced by councilman Jonas Reis to prohibit fixed-odds betting advertising on property managed by the municipality. The proposed restriction covers public spaces and facilities, including areas authorised for private use, but would not affect operators’ activities or advertising by private media; the bill remains under review before a possible floor vote.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court suspended its hearing on a challenge to municipal laws governing lotteries and sports betting on 4 November 2026. President Edson Fachin agreed to consider the case alongside other proceedings on betting, lotteries and games of chance; the court has set no date for resuming the hearing.
On Wednesday the 4th, the full bench of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) halted its consideration of ADPF 1212 once the report had been read and the oral arguments delivered. The court has not fixed a date for the proceedings to pick up again.
Brazil's STF has accepted Itaquaquecetuba and Abrasf as participants in ADPF 1.212, bringing approved participation requests to 14. The case examines whether municipalities can establish and operate public lotteries. Justice Nunes Marques previously suspended municipal laws authorising lotteries and gambling and ordered operations to stop.