Loteria do Estado de Minas Gerais extended the deadline for submissions to its public consultation on international tender 001/2026 to 22 April 2026. It also moved the deadline for publishing its responses to 4 May 2026; other consultation terms remain unchanged.
Prospective bidders and other participants have more time to submit views on the future lottery procurement.
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Minas Gerais governor Mateus Simões signed a decree on 20 August banning betting advertising and promotions on state property, according to the report. The measure also directs Loteria Mineira to terminate its sports betting contract and requires public-space concessionaires to end betting-company agreements. The government says the state loses more than R$600 million annually in ICMS revenue because of distortions linked to betting.
Minas Gerais governor Mateus Simões appointed Luciano França da Silveira Jr. as director-general of Loteria Mineira, with the designation published on 4 June. França replaces Onésimo Diniz Moreira, who left the post at his own request; the state also appointed Vanderlei Daniel da Silva as deputy director-general.
The Minas Gerais State Court of Accounts suspended planned 2027 sponsorship contracts worth R$32 million between state-owned companies and Cruzeiro, Atlético-MG and América-MG. The interim decision bars new agreements and stops payments if contracts have already been signed; it followed a representation by governor-elect Cleitinho Azevedo and cited missing evidence of returns and objective criteria.
The Minas Gerais State Court of Accounts (TCEMG) has suspended, in an interim decision, R$32m of sports sponsorship contracts planned for 2027 between state-owned companies and the clubs Cruzeiro, Atlético-MG and América-MG.
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.
The Minas Gerais government and Brazil’s Ministry of Sport told the Supreme Federal Court that a federal provisional measure banning betting advertising changed the legal context of an association’s challenge to the state decree. The court has not ruled that the case is moot; the minister noted that the measure still requires congressional approval and could lose effect.
The Minas Gerais government and Brazil's Ministry of Sport have told the Supreme Federal Court (STF) that a federal provisional measure banning betting advertising changed the legal context of a challenge to a state decree, according to the report. The action, ADI 8014, was filed by the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) against the Minas Gerais decree restricting betting advertising on state public property and at events supported by the state executive.