Esportes Gaming Brasil launched its LOTTU online gambling brand in Brazil in August, alongside Esportes da Sorte and OnaBet. Chief executive Darwin Henrique da Silva Filho said the company aims for LOTTU to become one of Brazil’s leading platforms within five years and designed it to serve a distinct player profile.
The launch adds a third brand to Esportes Gaming Brasil’s Brazilian portfolio under its licence.
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RubyPlay and Esportes da Sorte have partnered to add RubyPlay and Koala Games titles to the operator’s Brazilian platform, the companies said. The rollout also includes integrations with Esportes Gaming Brasil brands LOTTU and OnaBet.
The ANJL filed a collective action in Brazil’s Federal Court seeking to preserve its members’ authorisations while the presidential measure suspending betting operations is considered by Congress. The association says its first case does not seek to resume betting and asks that sites and customer-service channels remain available for communication; it is also considering a broader separate action.
Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office has sued 17 betting companies in the Federal Court of Pernambuco, seeking reimbursement for costs to the Public Health System and at least BRL1 billion for collective moral damages. The AGU estimates healthcare-related damages at about BRL2.6 billion; the companies named represent around 80% of the market, according to the government.
A case has been brought before the Federal Court of Pernambuco by Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) targeting 17 betting operators. The office is pursuing redress for harm done to the Public Health System (SUS), together with a request for no less than BRL1bn in collective moral damages. Healthcare-related losses are put by the AGU at roughly BRL2.6bn ($444.3m). No precise reimbursement figure appears in the filing; the office wants that sum worked out at a later stage.
Belo Horizonte’s city council is due to hold a second-round vote on a bill banning betting-company advertising in the city, according to the report. The proposal would prohibit promotional activities, kiosks and naming-rights agreements; it requires at least 21 votes to proceed to the mayor for sanction or veto.
HS Gaming Participações, a subsidiary of Esportes Gaming Brasil, is seeking to acquire Apostou.com in Brazil, with the transaction under review by CADE under Public Notice No. 464. The deal would give Esportes da Sorte Group control of the operator of BETBR Loterias and its B1BET and BRBET brands.