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Lula defends Brazil betting ban, citing household debt

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended the provisional measure banning betting platforms during a podcast interview on Thursday, 1 October, reportedly. He said household debt among vulnerable families informed the decision and denied that it had secured him votes. Opposition figures criticised the measure’s timing and the government’s wider package.

The president’s defence sets out the government’s stated rationale as the betting ban faces political criticism.

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Government defends betting ban at Brazil Supreme Court hearing

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.

Justice Luiz Fux convened a public hearing at Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday on Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, where government representatives set out the case for the measure. The hearing took place within case ADI 8.027, which challenges the constitutionality of the measure that prohibited betting operations and advertising in the country. An analysis of the hearing concluded that the technical evidence did not appear.

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