Seventeen Série A and B clubs asked Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court to join actions challenging the federal government’s ban on online betting, according to the report. Five other clubs separately sought six months to a year to adapt to the measure, citing concerns including the possible interruption of the Brazilian Championship.
The challenge may affect clubs’ betting sponsorships and the timetable for complying with the ban.
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Brazil’s National Association of Games and Lotteries and Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming asked the Supreme Federal Court on 28 September to suspend a provisional measure banning fixed-odds betting and online games. The associations argue that the ban could cause irreversible effects before Congress reviews it. The Attorney General’s Office requested 72 hours to submit arguments before any decision on suspension.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court held a public hearing on 3 November about the legal and economic effects of Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026. Flamengo vice-president Flávio de Araújo Willeman said the measure could affect about 1,200 staff and lead to R$430 million in lost revenue; Fluminense representative Matheus Reis e Montenegro criticised the 10-day transition period.
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil met in a public session on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to examine the legal and economic effects of prohibiting online betting. Justice Luiz Fux presided, and speakers from the government and the sports sector addressed Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026.
An economist’s estimate reported in the source says Flamengo, Corinthians and Palmeiras could lose R$695.5 million a year combined in betting sponsorship and stadium advertising revenue if Brazil’s provisional measure remains in force. The projections put potential revenue reductions at 26% for Flamengo, 23% for Corinthians and 22% for Palmeiras; they are not losses already recorded.
Flamengo, Corinthians and Palmeiras could lose a combined R$695.5m a year in sponsorship and stadium advertising revenue if Brazil's provisional measure on fixed-odds betting remains in force, according to an estimate by economist Cesar Grafietti. The figures are projections of the financial impact of removing betting-related revenue, not losses the clubs have already recorded.
Clubs that challenged the measure plan to ask for a longer transition period for ending betting-company partnerships if the provisional measure remains in force, reportedly. At a 3 November public hearing convened by Supreme Federal Court minister Luiz Fux, representatives of ten Série A clubs and betting companies are also expected to renew their request to suspend the injunction maintaining the measure.
Clubs that went to the Supreme Federal Court want a wider transition window for winding down their sponsorships with sports betting houses, should the provisional measure barring bets in Brazilian football stand, the report says. They intend to put that demand at a public hearing called by minister Luiz Fux, set for Tuesday (3/11). That STF meeting is to gather representatives of ten Série A clubs of the Campeonato Brasileiro as well as of betting houses.
Reportedly, Guilherme Boulos, minister of the Secretariat-General of the Presidency, acknowledged the impact of the ban on fixed-odds betting at clubs. No further details were available in the source text.
Guilherme Boulos, minister of the Secretariat-General of the Presidency, acknowledged that the ban on fixed-odds betting in Brazil has caused financial difficulties for football clubs.