Marcelo Damato announced that he had left his role as special adviser to Brazil's Secretariat of Prizes and Betting after two and a half years. A media report said he had been dismissed and that Bruna Cecília Serra Reis would replace him, but no official document confirming either claim had been found by publication.
The reported departure and possible replacement concern staffing at Brazil's betting regulator.
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Brazil appointed Daniele Correa Cardoso as head of the Finance Ministry’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting, replacing Régis Dudenna, who is moving to the role of Secretary of Economic Reforms. Correa Cardoso, formerly the SPA’s deputy secretary, said she would continue its regulatory agenda, including consumer protection, enforcement and responsible gambling.
Brazil's Finance and Sports ministries gave the Supreme Federal Court differing views on Minas Gerais' decree restricting betting advertising on state property and at events promoted or supported by the state. Both said a later provisional measure had made the case moot; Finance argued the decree may intrude on federal powers, while Sports defended state administrative autonomy.
Brazil's Finance Ministry and Sports Ministry have given the Supreme Federal Court differing views on a Minas Gerais state decree that restricts betting advertising, according to the two submissions in ADI 8014. Both ministries told the rapporteur, Justice Flávio Dino, that Provisional Measure 1.394 of 25 September 2026, which banned betting nationwide, had removed the basis of the case. They disagree on the merits: Finance argued the decree may intrude on federal legislative powers, while Sports said it can be preserved as an exercise of the state's administrative autonomy.
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance Secretariat of Prizes and Betting issued Ordinance No. 2,755, effective on publication on 21 September 2026, amending federal lottery rules. Caixa Econômica Federal must submit proposed changes to specified numerical and specific prediction lottery rules for the Secretariat’s prior approval. The ordinance also replaces the existing regulatory annex with rules covering nine lottery games.
Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) issued an ordinance setting procedures for financial institutions to identify and block transactions linked to illegal betting. Banks and payment institutions may have up to 45 days to examine suspicious activity; after the SPA orders a block, they have up to 24 hours to restrict identified accounts and up to 48 hours to confirm compliance. Further procedural details are due in a separate normative instruction.
Espírito Santo's public prosecution service, MPES, and public defender's office, DPES, signed a consumer protection cooperation agreement. They signed it during a gambling and indebtedness course in Vitória on 11 September. The agreement covers support, legal representation and help renegotiating debts for financially vulnerable online gambling consumers.
The Espírito Santo public prosecution service (MPES) and the state's public defender's office (DPES) signed a technical cooperation agreement on support for online gambling consumers, the MPES said. The agreement was signed during a course on gambling and indebtedness held in Vitória on 11 September. Under the agreement, the two bodies committed to providing support, legal representation and assistance with renegotiating debts to people in a situation of economic vulnerability.