Justice Luiz Fux of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) wants to hear from ministers of Lula's government, as well as the presidents of the Chamber and the Senate, Arthur Lira (PP-AL) and Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), before ruling on a lawsuit against the regularization of sports betting. The hearing is scheduled for November 11 and will also include representatives from various sectors of the economy and civil society, who are calling for the repeal of the Bets Law.
The legislation was approved and sanctioned in 2023, and is responsible for regulating companies operating in the sports betting sector in Brazil. The government estimates that between 500 and 600 betting sites that have not started the regularization process at the Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA) will be taken down in the coming days.
Fux has invited to the meeting the ministers of Finance, Fernando Haddad; Health, Nísia Trindade; Human Rights and Citizenship, Macaé Evaristo; Racial Equality, Anielle Franco; and the Attorney General of the Union, Jorge Messias. The Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, and the president of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto, were also called by the minister.
From civil society, representatives of the National Confederation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC), the author of the request for unconstitutionality of the Bets Law, as well as the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL), the Brazilian Institute of Legal Gaming (IJL), the Women's Group of Brazil, and Educafro were invited.
Fux will judge the request after the regularization deadline
The Treasury has determined that companies active at the time the Bets Law came into force have until this Tuesday (10/1) to meet the criteria and obtain authorization to operate under the “bet.br” seal. Thus, the judgment will occur more than a month after this deadline.
Without proper regularization, the platforms will not be able to operate in the country. From January 1, 2025, only authorized companies will have approval to operate in the market.
Source: Metrópoles
