Paraná's Court of Accounts (TCE-PR) advised municipalities not to establish or legislate for local lotteries until the Supreme Federal Court (STF) delivers a final ruling on ADPF 1212. The guidance followed a consultation from Cornélio Procópio; the STF's decision remains pending.
Municipalities are advised to defer lottery plans until the STF rules on their authority to operate them.
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The president of Brazil’s Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region suspended a decision restoring CDA Gaming’s authorisation to operate fixed-odds betting, reportedly on 6 November. The ruling extends an earlier suspension involving Stake and removes the exception that had allowed Casa de Apostas to operate while other licences were inactive. The court president said he was not reviewing the underlying merits of the earlier decision.
Luis Antonio Johonsom di Salvo, who presides over the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region (TRF3), overturned on Friday night the decision that had restored CDA Gaming Ltda.'s authorisation to operate fixed-odds betting in Brazil. The document was signed at 18h37 and responds to a request from the União to amend its filing. As a result, CDA now bears the effects of the 9 October decision that suspended Stake's injunction from the 9th Federal Civil Court of São Paulo.
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice classified documents used to draft Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026 as secret for five years, according to the report. The measure prohibits sports betting and online games, and the ministry said disclosure could pose risks to public safety and the country’s economic stability; its validity runs until 23 November, with a possible 60-day extension.
Government papers behind Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026 have been placed under a five-year secrecy order by the Ministry of Justice. Nicknamed the Bets MP, the measure banned the running, offering and promotion of online games and sports betting in Brazil.
Brazilian Federal Supreme Court president Edson Fachin said the court could combine cases on online betting, municipal lotteries and the prohibition of games, but no trial date has been set. Justice Flávio Dino proposed grouping the proceedings, while Fachin had initially favoured separate hearings; Justice Luiz Fux said he needed more time to complete part of his opinion on betting cases.
Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) president Justice Edson Fachin indicated that the court could assess jointly the cases on online betting regulation, municipal lotteries and the prohibition of games. The possibility was raised during a plenary session, and no date has been set for the trial.
The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) told a Brazilian Supreme Court public hearing on 3 November that banning fixed-odds betting would not eliminate gambling. ANJL legal consultants said demand had moved to the underground market; a speaker cited a 32% year-on-year fall in betting volume over the latest three months of Ministry of Finance data.
The conclusion was that prohibiting fixed-odds betting in Brazil is not the same as gambling disappearing. The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) presented it at a public hearing held on Tuesday by the Federal Supreme Court, with Justice Luiz Fux as rapporteur.
Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice Luiz Fux said on 3 November that his view was that online betting should be prohibited, during a public hearing on the government’s ban. He said the court still needed to consider legal certainty and economic consequences, and that his personal assessment was not a court decision.
Luiz Fux, a justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, said at a public hearing on 3 November that his perception is that online betting should be banned. Fux made clear that this personal assessment is not a decision of the court.