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Report estimates 2.1 million Brazilians have clinical gambling addiction

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A BBC report published on 25 August estimates that about 2.1 million people in Brazil have a clinical gambling addiction. It says another 7.5 million are problem gamblers and women account for about 40% of gamblers, compared with 25% a decade earlier. Gamblers Anonymous Brazil reportedly receives thousands of calls each month.

The reported figures bear on consumer-protection policy as online betting and casino gambling expand in Brazil.

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Brazil’s STF weighs betting suspension as legal challenges raise uncertainty

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) is considering the constitutionality of Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which temporarily suspended the regulated fixed-odds betting market. At a 3 November hearing, Justice Luiz Fux raised questions about legal certainty, non-retroactivity and the measure’s constitutional basis; the source says the court may consider how a ruling affects companies already approved. A separate appellate ruling granted temporary relief to CDA Gaming, though the source text ends before detailing its effect.

Justice Luiz Fux of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) scheduled a hearing on November 3, and 36 associations attended to debate Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026. Under that measure, Brazil's regulated fixed-odds betting market was put on temporary hold.

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