LOTERJ president Hazenclever Lopes Cançado said the regulator is finalising rules for video lottery terminals in Rio de Janeiro after meeting WA.Technology executives to discuss monitoring systems. He said the rules would be presented in the coming days; no commercial agreement was announced.
The forthcoming rules will set operating requirements for VLTs in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio de Janeiro’s city council approved the first reading of bill PL 3667/2024 on 4 November, proposing a programme to prevent harm from online betting and gambling disorder. The proposal includes a permanent awareness campaign, bars sports-betting advertising aimed at children and adolescents, and is due to return for a second vote.
In a first discussion held on Wednesday (04/11), Rio's city chamber passed PL 3667/2024. Its purpose is to establish a programme for preventing the effects of online betting and for fighting ludopathy. The project will go back on the agenda for a second vote.
Rio de Janeiro's state legislature (Alerj) approved, in a second reading on 14 October, Bill 6.343/25 by deputy Fred Pacheco. It sets guidelines for mental health care for people with compulsive use of electronic and gambling games, covering multiprofessional care, prevention, therapeutic follow-up and support for patients and families. The bill now goes to the state government, which has up to 15 working days to sign or veto it.
Rio de Janeiro's state legislature, Alerj, approved Bill 6.343/25 in a second reading on 14 October, according to the assembly. The bill sets guidelines for mental health care for people with compulsive use of electronic and gambling games. It now goes to the state government, which has up to 15 working days to sign or veto it.
Rio de Janeiro’s municipal health department introduced screening for betting dependency at primary-care clinics in August 2026. In the first week, 3,070 patients answered the questions: 22 said they felt a need to bet, and 15 said they had concealed gambling expenditure from family. A positive response triggers further assessment and care, with support also available to relatives.
Brazilian Senate candidate Carlos Jordy said he would seek to ban online betting if elected to represent Rio de Janeiro. He argued that betting harms families; the source also reports that presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro is considering tighter restrictions, with no decision on a ban yet.
LOTERJ president Fabíola Esteves highlighted Rio de Janeiro’s defence of video lottery terminal regulation. Speaking at GAT Brasil, she referred to the state government’s position supporting the constitutionality of its 2025 decree.