The Juiz de Fora City Council (MG) approved the creation of a municipal lottery through Bill 146/2024, authored by Councilor Tiago Bonecão (PSD). According to the substitute text, the service may be operated based on the types of lotteries provided for in federal law, with any others not authorized
The Chamber of Deputies approved on Monday (4) the urgency for the bill that establishes the National Policy for Awareness and Combating Technological Addiction in children and adolescents and also expands measures to prevent minors from gambling. The bill is authored by Congressman Romero Rodrigues
The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, does not see efficiency in proposals that prohibit Bolsa Família users from using their cards for gambling. According to Poder360, the deputy from Alagoas indicated that he might schedule projects by the end of the year that would impose stricte
In an opinion column for Folha, Anderson Almeida, a criminal lawyer specializing in criminal law and procedure, and in criminal law and criminology, ensures that the recent PF operation shows that the work to combat money laundering in the realm of bets has been successfully carried out by the autho
Federal Deputy Júlio Oliveira introduced in the Chamber the Bill 3610/2024, which proposes the allocation of 10% of gaming taxes to create a fund to combat the effects of climate change. The collected money would be managed by the Ministry of the Environment in coordination with state and municipal
Senator Omar Aziz (PSD-AM) submitted a request to the PGR to propose an ADPF to suspend the operation of betting houses until the regulation process of the companies is concluded. According to Caio de Souza Loureiro and Jan Makuta, partners in the Gaming & E-Sports area of TozziniFreire, the current
The Government Leader in Congress, Senator Randolfe Rodrigues, has filed a Bill that bans advertising for sports betting platforms in Brazil. In addition to advertisements on television and digital networks, the project also prohibits sponsorship of individuals, such as influencers. Randolfe also wa
Conglomerates behind Rede Globo and SBT have requested permission from the Ministry of Finance to enter the Brazilian betting market. The regulation created by the government for the sector, however, prohibits bets from acquiring, licensing, or financing broadcasting and reproduction rights of sport
Brazilian retailers should go to Brasília to directly address stricter regulations involving the law of online sports betting, valid after 2025, due to a possible effect on the consumption of companies in the sector. The information was released this Thursday by the command of Abras, the country's l
When Flamengo decided to create Flabet to operate iGaming in Brazil, it raised doubts in the market about the legality of the measure. In an article for Poder360, Udo Seckelmann and Pedro Heitor de Araújo, from Bichara e Motta Advogados, analyze the issue from a legal perspective. For them, the lice
The GMB invites everyone to explore in images the CGS Recife 2024, one of the largest B2B business events in the iGaming market in Brazil. The Northeast hosts a large number of operators and developers from the industry, and many of them participate in panels, stands, or as visitors to the meeting o
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is considering changing the general rules of championships to require clubs to contribute part of the revenues received from betting houses. This initiative is a reaction to the entity's failed attempt with the government to keep a share of the betting reve
The Sports Commission of the Chamber of Deputies approved a proposal that redistributes federal revenue from numerical prognosis lotteries (such as Quina, Mega-Sena, and Lotomania) to allocate resources to the Brazilian Committee of Master Sports (CBEM), the Union of Brazilian Sports, and the Brazil
The inclusion of fantasy games in the legal framework for the electronic gaming industry has divided opinions among debaters who participated in a discussion in the Senate on Wednesday (20) about Bill 2.796/2021. Given the disagreement among experts, senators advocated postponing the vote on the mat
After nearly two years of inactivity, Bill 2234/2022 is set to be discussed in the Senate's Constitution and Justice Committee this Wednesday. Senator Irajá has been appointed as the rapporteur for the matter in the committee, and four amendments have been presented. Three of them concern rules for
In the scope of the Commission of Constitution, Justice and Citizenship (CCJ), Senator Irajá presented a favorable report for the approval of PL 2234/2022, which legalizes gambling such as casinos (in integrated and tourist resorts), bingo, and the animal game in Brazil. In the text, the legislator
