Brazilian deputies have filed amendments to Provisional Measure No. 1.394/2026 aimed at keeping sports betting alive as the fixed-odds ban moves forward. The window for amendments closed at 11:59 p.m. on October 13. By October 9 the measure had drawn at least 58 amendments, four of which were later withdrawn, per BNL Data. At least seven lawmakers want the betting ban lifted while leaving the online casino prohibition in place.
Deputy Bebeto (PP-RJ) proposes legalising every betting modality that operated before the measure, with advertising restrictions kept, including a ban on buying stadium naming rights. Senator Romário and deputies Tabata Amaral (PSB-SP), Bibo Nunes (PL-RS) and Hildo Rocha (MDB-MA) are among those behind the initiatives. A joint committee to review the measure has been appointed, but Congress has not announced its leadership or a schedule. If the measure is not resolved by November 9 it starts blocking the legislative agenda; the final deadline is November 23. Debate is expected to speed up after the second round of the presidential election on October 25.
On the other track, the government is preparing to shut the regulated market. The Ministry of Finance's SPA published Ordinance SPA/MF No. 3.005 setting December 15 as the end date for fixed-odds operators, with a phased wind-down timetable. Federal betting licences lapse on October 25. Licensed operators who paid 30 million reais ($5.6 million) for their permits are following the schedule.
The government puts the size of the illegal segment at 13,241 betting sites sent for blocking in 12 days, an average of about 1,103 a day. Ordinance MJSP No. 1.325/2026, published in the Official Gazette on October 13, sets up a Federal Police unit to pursue illegal betting and match-fixing. At the STF, Justice Luiz Fux, rapporteur on the challenges to the ban, has yet to rule on suspension requests from ANJL, IBJR, Anseja, ANPV and Abert. Banks must return funds to bettors between October 9 and October 14 where withdrawals were not made by October 5; from October 14 Caixa Econômica Federal can act as intermediary. The dispute runs alongside the October 25 runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, the same date the licences end.
For operators and affiliates, the signal is a split market: parliament may yet carve sports betting out of the ban, but the licensing calendar and the blocking campaign are already running.
