The Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming announced that Fernando Vieira had left its executive presidency to pursue a role in another professional sector. IBJR director and co-founder André Gelfi will serve as interim president during the transition.
The leadership change affects an industry association representing companies in Brazil’s regulated online gaming market.
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The Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR) announced Carlos Lima as its new executive president. Co-founder Andre Gelfi will remain on the board as a director, the organisation said.
Rio de Janeiro governor Cláudio Castro dismissed Hazenclever Lopes Cançado as LOTERJ president and appointed vice-president Fabíola Esteves to the role on 20 March. Esteves said she would continue the authority’s work on regulation and combating illegal gambling; Cançado plans to focus on a pre-campaign for federal deputy.
Rio de Janeiro governor Cláudio Castro appointed Fabiola Esteves Rocha president of the state lottery authority, LOTERJ, after Hazenclever Lopes Cançado left the post at his own request. The appointments were published in an extra edition of the state’s official gazette on 20 March; Rocha had been LOTERJ’s vice-president.
Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting said about 47,000 illegal betting platforms had been taken down since 25 September, when the source says a ban took effect. The report also says Justice Luiz Fux of the Supreme Federal Court suspended proceedings in lawsuits challenging the provisional measure until the court rules on its constitutionality; market associations have challenged the measure.
About 47,000 illegal betting platforms have been taken down since the activity was banned on September 25, according to the Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA). The figures put the daily average of irregular sites banned at 1,100.
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux stayed all lower-court cases challenging Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 on 8 November, pending rulings on four constitutional challenges. The Prosecutor General’s Office requested the stay on 6 November; the court must still confirm Fux’s injunction, while industry associations ANJL and IBJR’s request has not been decided.
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux has halted lower-court cases against the country’s betting ban, according to the report. The decision, signed on 8 November, pauses challenges to Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 until the court decides four constitutional challenges to the ban. The Prosecutor General’s Office filed its request on 6 November.