STF schedules hearing on Brazil's betting ban for 3 November
Justice Luiz Fux has set out the agenda and 28 participants for a Supreme Federal Court hearing on the provisional measure that halted fixed-odds betting in Brazil.
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has published the running order and list of participants for a public hearing on the provisional measure that banned fixed-odds betting in the country, iGaming Business reported.
Justice Luiz Fux, who is handling the case, convened the hearing within Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) 8027. Set for the morning of 3 November, the session opens at 10am in the Second Chamber's hearing room and will be carried live by Radio Justiça, TV Justiça and the court's YouTube channel.
Twenty-eight entities were selected to take part, spanning the executive branch, football clubs, sports bodies, trade associations and research institutes. Each was required to submit the names and powers of attorney of its representatives, with up to two allowed per entity, by 3pm on Thursday.
Every participant will have ten minutes to present its position on Provisional Measure (MP) 1.394/2026, under which fixed-odds betting operations are prohibited and licences already issued to sector operators are to be revoked.
Fux will open proceedings before football clubs including Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, São Paulo and Corinthians each take their ten minutes, followed by statements from the national football confederation CBF and the national Olympic body COB.
After a lunch break, the Attorney General's Office (AGU) will speak, followed by the Ministries of Finance and Sports. Trade bodies will then address the court, with the gaming and lottery association ANJL and the responsible gaming institute IBJR scheduled between 3pm and 3.20pm. The International Gaming Association will close the session at around 5pm.
Other participants listed include the Prosecutor General's Office, a commerce and tourism confederation (CNC) and an industry confederation (CNI), alongside an economic freedom association (Able), a broadcasters' association (Abert) and a university-based economic regulation research unit, all contributing statements to the hearing.
ADI 8027 was filed by the ANJL, which is seeking the immediate suspension of the provisional measure and, ultimately, a ruling that it is unconstitutional. The association also wants the STF to confirm the validity of Brazil's existing legislation governing fixed-odds betting. The same measure is being challenged separately in ADIs 8,024, 8,028 and 8,035.
Fux is also the reporting justice on ADIs 7721, 7723 and 7749, which contest Law 14.790/2023, the Betting Law that regulated the sector in Brazil. The STF held a public hearing on those actions in November 2024, with more than 50 experts and representatives from public bodies and civil society taking part.
The AGU had requested that the court consider holding a fresh hearing, arguing that evidence gathered since 2024 on the impact of betting, and on the provisional measure itself, warranted an updated debate.