Brazil's Congress president extends the MP 1.394 betting ban by 60 days
The president of Brazil's National Congress, Senator Davi Alcolumbre, has formally extended the validity of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 — the decree that bans fixed-odds betting nationwide — by 60 days. Act of the President of the Mesa No. 118/2026 is dated November 9 on the congressional docket and was signed electronically on November 10. The joint committee that must report on the measure has still not been installed, and the official calendar on the congressional page still lists the first deliberation window as 25 September to 23 November 2026.
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- Act 118/2026 cites Constitution Article 62, paragraph 7 (as amended by Constitutional Amendment 32/2001) and Article 10, paragraph 1 of National Congress Resolution 1/2002.
- The act states that MP 1.394, published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette on 25 September 2026, "has its validity extended for a period of sixty days."
- The text does not itself set a calendar end date for that extension.
- The congressional docket still shows the status "awaiting installation of the committee," with urgency in force since 9 November 2026.
- Alcolumbre signed the act electronically on 10 November 2026; the Senate verification code is 3491403113.
Senator Davi Alcolumbre, president of the Mesa of Brazil's National Congress, has extended the legal validity of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 by 60 days.
The Act of the President of the Mesa No. 118/2026, posted on the congressional page for MPV 1394/2026, is dated November 9. The PDF is signed electronically by Alcolumbre on November 10 (verification code 3491403113). Citing Article 62, paragraph 7 of the Federal Constitution, as worded by Constitutional Amendment 32/2001, and Article 10, paragraph 1 of National Congress Resolution 1/2002, the act states that the provisional measure published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette on 25 September 2026 "has its validity extended for a period of sixty days." The one-page instrument does not name a new calendar expiry date.
MP 1.394 prohibits the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting lotteries in Brazil and amends Law 14.790/2023. We have previously covered the extinguishment of the 85 federal betting licences and Justice Luiz Fux's order suspending lower-court challenges to the measure.
As of November 11, the congressional docket still lists the matter as awaiting installation of the joint committee and still shows an open deliberation period of 25 September to 23 November 2026, with the urgency regime in force from 9 November. The committee must issue a report before the measure can go to the floors of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Developments in the ban are collected on our MP 1.394 topic page.
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