Olímpia has enacted a law establishing the municipal lottery service Olímpia + Sorte, published on 7 May. The law allows the municipality to run lottery games directly or through private operators, with the service managed by its Municipal Secretariat of Planning and Finance; a decree is due within 120 days.
The decree will set out how private operators may participate in Olímpia’s new municipal lottery.
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Paulinha Leite said a higher court had ruled that her company, Unindo Sonhos, could continue arranging lottery pools, according to her video statement. Caixa Econômica Federal had challenged the company’s intermediary model, arguing that only the bank was authorised to operate lottery services in Brazil. The report does not identify the court or provide the ruling date.
Acre’s legislative assembly approved a bill creating a state lottery service, reportedly, and sent it to the governor for approval. The proposal would allow physical and online lottery activity within the state, with participation restricted to people aged 18 and over. It also assigns a state body responsibility for authorisation, oversight and enforcement.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court suspended its hearing on a challenge to municipal laws governing lotteries and sports betting on 4 November 2026. President Edson Fachin agreed to consider the case alongside other proceedings on betting, lotteries and games of chance; the court has set no date for resuming the hearing.
On Wednesday the 4th, the full bench of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) halted its consideration of ADPF 1212 once the report had been read and the oral arguments delivered. The court has not fixed a date for the proceedings to pick up again.
Brazil's STF has accepted Itaquaquecetuba and Abrasf as participants in ADPF 1.212, bringing approved participation requests to 14. The case examines whether municipalities can establish and operate public lotteries. Justice Nunes Marques previously suspended municipal laws authorising lotteries and gambling and ordered operations to stop.
It was reported that TJRN declared Jaçanã’s municipal lottery law unconstitutional. The ruling follows the Supreme Court position that municipalities cannot establish, regulate or operate lottery services.