Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on 1 October that Congress was unlikely to overturn the provisional measure banning betting. He said the measure lasts 120 days and needs congressional approval to become permanent, while acknowledging that it does not provide a definitive solution to illegal betting.
Congressional approval will determine whether the provisional betting ban becomes permanent.
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AIGAMING called on Brazil’s government and Congress to reconsider Provisional Measure No. 1,394, which it says prohibits fixed-odds betting nationwide. The association made the appeal in a statement recognising the re-election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin. It argued that regulation could support employment and help address the illegal market.
On Monday 26 October, the International Gaming Association (AIGAMING) issued an official statement, according to the article. The statement sought a solution for Provisional Measure No. 1.394, which was issued on 25 September 2026 and barred the exploitation, offering, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting across the entire national territory. The document also recognized the re-election of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and vice-president Geraldo Alckmin.
Brazil’s Congress had not installed the mixed committee assigned to examine Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which bans online betting, according to the report. The measure was due to enter urgency procedure on 9 November, and lawmakers had submitted 99 amendments by 13 October, five of which were later withdrawn; the report said the Supreme Federal Court was separately considering its constitutionality.
The mixed committee that is to examine Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 had still not been installed more than a month after the measure was issued. The measure bans online betting in Brazil.
Brazil’s Congress has yet to form the joint committee needed to review President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s provisional measure banning betting, more than 40 days after he signed it on 25 September, according to media reports. The measure expires if Congress does not vote within 120 days; the reported deadline is 4 March 2027, with the period suspended during the parliamentary recess. Senators from government and opposition parties have urged congressional president Davi Alcolumbre to move the process forward.
The provisional measure banning betting in Brazil, signed by President Lula on 25 September, has reportedly not yet started moving through the National Congress. The joint committee that must examine the text and issue an opinion before a floor vote has not been installed.
Brazil's government wants Congress to approve Provisional Measure 1,394/2026 by the end of the year, while a media report says it also hopes the Supreme Court will invalidate the 2018 law legalising fixed-odds betting. The measure was published on 25 September and has 99 amendments, four withdrawn; its joint committee has not been installed. The Supreme Court hearing took place on 3 November, but the full court has not scheduled a ruling.
Brazil's government reportedly wants Congress to approve Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which it lists among five priorities to pass before the parliamentary recess. A separate report said the government prefers not to face the debate in Congress. That report said the government's bet is on a Supreme Court decision declaring Law 13.756/2018 unconstitutional, the law signed by Michel Temer that legalised fixed-odds betting in the country.
Brazil’s government used Instagram to urge citizens to contact Congress in support of continuing the online betting ban, which remains subject to parliamentary approval. The government wants the measure approved before 20 December, while lawmakers still need to form a committee to consider the text and 94 amendments. The Supreme Federal Court has scheduled a public hearing for 3 November; ANJL and IBJR challenge the measure, while the Attorney General’s Office supports its constitutionality.
Brazil's government has used Instagram to urge citizens to contact their representatives in the National Congress in support of maintaining the ban on online betting, which remains subject to parliamentary approval. The government said the ban already has immediate effect but needs parliamentary approval to remain in force. The government wants the measure approved before 20 December, Institutional Relations Minister José Guimarães said, adding that the executive does not intend to abandon its objective.