Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said his government would soon announce a decision on betting-site operations, according to the report. He criticised online betting and described it as an illness. The Ministry of Finance plans to expand oversight of betting sites, the report said.
A forthcoming government decision could affect oversight and operating conditions for betting platforms in Brazil.
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Brazil’s Planning Ministry, Federal Revenue study centre and Civil Office reportedly disclosed that they had no impact study or estimate on the betting prohibition. The responses covered assessments of the policy and, in the Revenue centre’s case, documents produced after the measure was published.
Brazil's Planning Ministry, the Federal Revenue's tax and customs studies centre (CETAD) and the Civil Office of the Presidency did not present any study, technical note or impact estimate of the betting prohibition, according to the report. Their responses came to freedom-of-information requests that were filed on 20 September.
Brazil's Ministry of Finance said on 24 September 2026 that it found no studies assessing the economic, fiscal, regulatory or social effects of a potential ban on fixed-odds betting, online games or related advertising. The response followed an information request submitted on 20 September, one day before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026, according to the report.
The Ministry of Finance reported that, after consulting its technical units, it found no studies, notes, opinions or reports assessing the effects of a full or partial ban on fixed-odds betting, online games or related advertising. The response was formalized on 24 September.
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.
Brazilian Workers' Party president Edinho Silva called for a transition period to remove betting companies from football funding, saying the view was his own and not a collective party position. He warned that a ban could push online betting towards illegal platforms and said a judicial decision could enable a transition that protects affected parties.
Edinho Silva, national president of Brazil's Workers' Party (PT), has called for a transition period before betting companies are removed from the financing of Brazilian football. Silva said the view is his personal opinion, as the party has never formulated a collective position on the subject.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged civil society to follow the Supreme Federal Court’s public hearing on 3 November concerning Provisional Measure 1,394/2026. Lula said Justice Luiz Fux would decide whether to prohibit or maintain the regulated betting market; Workers’ Party president Edinho Silva backed the measure but warned prohibition could expand illegal gambling.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva published an Instagram video about a public hearing on Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, called by the Supreme Federal Court (STF). Lula advised civil society to follow the hearing so that the decision by Justice Luiz Fux on prohibiting or maintaining Brazil's regulated betting market would be fair. The hearing is being broadcast live on the STF's YouTube channel.