Brazil's Supreme Court calls November 3 public hearing on betting ban MP 1.394, summoning Flamengo, Corinthians and the CBF
Justice Luiz Fux of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has scheduled a public hearing for November 3 on the lawsuits challenging Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting. Twenty-six bodies are called to take part, including the Attorney General's Office, the Finance Ministry, betting associations, ten football clubs and the Brazilian Football Confederation. Fux has not ruled on the industry's requests to suspend the ban, so the measure remains in force.
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Overview
- Justice Luiz Fux scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, November 3, at 10 a.m. in the STF's Second Panel courtroom.
- The order answers requests from the Attorney General's Office (AGU), the plaintiffs in ADI 8027 and the amici curiae.
- Twenty-six bodies are called, including ten football clubs and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
- The court docket shows no ruling on requests to suspend MP 1.394/2026, so the betting ban stays in force.
What the order says
In an order signed on October 26 in ADI 8027, the case brought by the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL), Fux set the hearing for 10 a.m. on November 3 in the Second Panel's courtroom in Brasília. He said the hearing was called at the request of the AGU, the plaintiffs and the amici curiae.
According to the STF, the AGU had asked the court to consider a new public hearing, arguing that experience gathered since the previous hearing in November 2024, new evidence on the impact of betting and the issuing of the MP justified updating the debate. The AGU proposed that the hearing bring together public bodies, researchers, consumer-protection groups, civil society, affected economic sectors and the betting market.
A copy of the order goes into six related cases on Brazil's betting rules: ADIs 7721, 7723, 7749, 8024, 8028 and 8035.
Who will be heard
The list includes the plaintiffs in those cases: the national trade confederation CNC, the Prosecutor General, the betting associations ANSEJA, ANJL and IBJR, the mayors' association ANPV and the state lottery concessionaires' group Abracopel. It also calls the AGU, the Finance Ministry, broadcasters' association ABERT, the criminal lawyers' association ABRACRIM, UERJ's economic regulation lab, the industry confederation CNI, ABLE and the International Gaming Association (AIGAMING).
Ten clubs are on the list: Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, São Paulo, Corinthians, Ponte Preta, Vitória, Guarani and Portuguesa, along with the CBF.
Where the ban stands
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed MP 1.394/2026 on September 25. It bans the operation, offer and advertising of fixed-odds betting nationwide. ANJL and IBJR asked the court to suspend it. The docket of ADI 8027 lists the October 26 order as its only decision, with no ruling on that request. For the political timetable, see our analysis of the ban after Lula's re-election.
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