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Government defends betting ban at Brazil Supreme Court hearing

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Government representatives defended Provisional Measure 1,394/2026 at a public hearing before Brazil's Supreme Court on 3 November, in a case challenging the measure. The Finance Ministry's Rodrigo Toneto argued that regulation had not contained economic, social and public-health harms; the article says he provided no regulatory indicators. The Secretariat of Prizes and Betting did not attend.

Supreme Federal Court building in Brasília (2025)
Supreme Federal Court of Brazil · Pedro França / Agência Senado · CC BY 2.0

The case concerns a measure that bars betting operations and advertising in Brazil.

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Brazil’s Finance Ministry defended the fixed-odds betting ban before the Supreme Federal Court on 3 November, while describing the regulated market it had built as a significant advance. The ministry said licensing had improved supervision and player protection but had not contained gambling-related harms; opponents challenged its case and proposed a model based on federal lotteries run by Caixa.

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