India’s Supreme Court has taken direct jurisdiction over petitions challenging the ban on real-money online gaming. The cases were filed in the Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Delhi high courts; the court said consolidation would save time because the petitions raise similar issues.
The consolidated proceedings will determine where legal challenges to the real-money gaming ban are heard.
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Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court justice Luiz Fux has halted lower-court proceedings challenging President Lula’s provisional measure banning online betting while the court considers its constitutionality. The interim decision followed a request from Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet and aims to prevent conflicting rulings; Congress is separately reviewing the measure.
IBJR filed a Supreme Court case seeking immediate suspension of President Lula da Silva’s betting and online gaming ban in Brazil. IBJR coordinated with ANJL and argued that the measure is unconstitutional because it prohibits an activity the federal government previously regulated.
A legal challenge against President Lula da Silva's move to shut down sports betting and online gaming has been lodged with Brazil's Supreme Court (STF). The Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR) brought the case together with the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL), and the IBJR confirmed the filing in a statement issued on Monday. The associations contend the measure cannot stand constitutionally, since it bans an activity that the federal government had spent the previous two years regulating.
Brazil’s Provisional Measure 1.394 of 2026 prohibits online sports betting and restricts gambling-related commercial activity nationwide. Justice Luiz Fux is reportedly expected to rule after the second round of elections on whether the suspension of betting platforms should remain in force or be lifted; the measure faces challenges from industry groups, broadcasters and football clubs.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux said three constitutional challenges to the fixed-odds betting framework will be heard together after proceedings in the case brought by the Prosecutor General’s Office are complete. The challenges contest Law 14,790/2023 and related rules; the Prosecutor General’s case seeks to have the framework declared unconstitutional. The Senate has argued that the case should be dismissed in full.
Caixa Econômica Federal filed an amicus curiae submission in Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court case ADPF 1212, contesting municipal lottery systems, according to the report. The case, brought by the Solidariedade party, challenges laws in 13 municipalities; it argues municipalities lack authority to establish lotteries and seeks a ruling against the laws. A preliminary injunction issued in December 2025 suspended municipal lottery and sports-betting operations nationwide.