Murici dos Portelas municipality in Brazil opened a tender for a company to establish and operate municipal lottery services, according to the report. The scope covers physical and digital number games, instant games and fixed-odds sports betting. The notice gives a tender session date of 9 January 2025.
The procurement could select an operator for physical and digital lottery and betting services in the municipality.
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Macapá's city council approved a bill to establish a municipal lottery and fixed-odds betting service, LOTMAC, according to the report. The vote conflicts with an interim Supreme Federal Court ruling suspending municipal laws authorising lottery and sports betting services; that ruling has yet to be considered by the court's full bench.
Caixa Econômica Federal filed an amicus curiae submission in Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court case ADPF 1212, contesting municipal lottery systems, according to the report. The case, brought by the Solidariedade party, challenges laws in 13 municipalities; it argues municipalities lack authority to establish lotteries and seeks a ruling against the laws. A preliminary injunction issued in December 2025 suspended municipal lottery and sports-betting operations nationwide.
Foz do Iguaçu mayor General Silva e Luna sent the city council a bill to repeal the laws authorising the municipal lottery, following a restrictive interpretation by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF). The proposal covers the laws that established Lotoeste and later renamed it Lotofoz; it has begun legislative proceedings, according to reports.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court Justice Nunes Marques admitted Caixa Econômica Federal as an amicus curiae in a case challenging municipal lottery rules, according to the report. The action contests laws authorising lotteries, draws or betting in 13 cities across seven states; the underlying case remains before the court.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court admitted the National Front of Mayors as a friend of the court in a case challenging municipal lottery and betting rules. The case concerns a prior interim order by Justice Nunes Marques suspending municipal lotteries nationwide; the admission allows the organisation to contribute to the proceedings.