Brazil’s Supreme Court sets November 3 hearing on fixed-odds betting ban

Justice Luiz Fux has called a public hearing for November 3 at 10:00, in the Second Panel session room, to debate Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which banned fixed-odds betting in Brazil. For operators and payment providers, the important bit is simple: the measure remains in force, and licenses that expired on October 25 are still ineffective.

1. Fux signed the order on Monday, October 26, one day after the second round of elections. It does not decide the merits of the cases and does not grant the injunction requested by the sector, so the current position stays unchanged for now.
2. Fux is reporting on six Direct Actions of Unconstitutionality. Three predate the measure and challenge Law 14.790/2023, including ADI 7721 filed by the National Confederation of Commerce (CNC), which seeks a ban on the sector. The other three were filed later by entities including ANSEJA, ANJL and IBJR.
3. On October 6, the Brazilian government asked the court to deny the injunctions, hear the Attorney General’s Office before ruling, and hold a new hearing to update the 2024 debate. BNLData said the goal was to buy time and push the decision past the election period; according to Folha de S.Paulo, Fux avoided ruling during the electoral process so nobody could read the decision as interference.
4. The hearing list includes 26 invited participants. On the football side, ten clubs were cited: Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, São Paulo, Corinthians, Ponte Preta, Vitória, Guarani and Portuguesa. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) was also summoned and made no public comments.
5. Direct betting sponsorships accounted for 7.9% of Série A clubs’ revenues in 2025, and the measure has already triggered contract terminations, suspensions and sponsorship changes. On the operator side, ANJL, IBJR, ANSEJA and AIGAMING represent betting companies, while Abracopel speaks for state lotteries and ANPV for mayors, which brings municipal lotteries into the discussion.

Also on the guest list: Abert, CNI, ABLE, the Economic Regulation Laboratory at UERJ and Abracrim, the association of criminal lawyers. Defending the measure are the Union Attorney General’s Office (AGU), the Ministry of Finance, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGR) and the CNC.