Brazil Congress reviews 92 amendments to Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026 banning fixed-odds betting

The deadline for amendments to Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting in Brazil, closed at 23:59 on Tuesday, 13. Twenty-four lawmakers filed 97 proposals, five were withdrawn, and the joint committee will now review the remaining 92.

1. The amendment window was initially set to end six days after the measure was published on 25 September. Congress later extended it until after the first round of elections so that all legislators would have equal opportunity to participate.
2. According to a BNLData analysis, the proposals span the full range of positions on the Brazilian market: from reopening a regulated market to keeping the ban in place with tighter controls. Mauricio Neves (PP-SP) filed the most extensive package, with amendment 64 replacing the measure and amendments 61 to 63 supplementing it. His text restores expired authorizations, extends their validity for the period of interruption, and replaces the ban with a stricter regime than Law No. 14.790/2023.
3. Neves’ draft also limits advertising to brand-only mentions, requires responsible design, orders operators to identify players whose spending exceeds their income, and obliges illegal ads to be removed within 48 hours. He argues that demand does not disappear; it migrates to operators without controls. Bebeto (PP-RJ) takes a narrower line, limiting prohibitions to the illegal market, which he estimates at 44% of betting.
4. The largest bloc separates casinos from sports betting. That is the public position of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), a presidential candidate. Marcos Pontes (PL-SP) would ban casinos and virtual games while restoring sports authorizations. Dr. Hiran (PP-RR) would allow only bets on real sports events and ban avatars and voices created with artificial intelligence in advertising.
5. Pedro Aihara (PP-MG) and Julio Lopes (PP-RJ) would only ban slot-style games such as “Tigrerinho,” arguing that they violate legal certainty. Marcos Braz (PSDB-RJ) adds bets on individual plays such as cards, corners, and penalties, saying the goal is to protect competitions. Romário withdrew his proposal, which would have limited betting to the final score and goal difference.
6. Serguéi Reginauro (PSDB-CE) filed 16 amendments, all on the last day. Amendment 86 would make the ban on casinos and online games permanent by law. His other proposals assume a possible reopening and would ban betting and deposits between 22:00 and 5:00, prohibit live betting, set session limits, require verification of the bettor’s financial capacity, and block sanctioned companies for ten years.

For PSPs, acquirers, and banks, the point is not just whether Brazil keeps or lifts the ban. The real question is what kind of compliance burden comes with any reopened market: ad restrictions, affordability checks, time-based restrictions, live-betting limits, and long exclusion periods for sanctioned firms are all on the table.