Municipalities and states across Brazil are rapidly implementing new restrictions on fixed-odds betting advertising, creating a complex regulatory landscape with varying enforcement mechanisms and substantial penalties. This analysis examines the key municipal and state regulations currently in force, from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul, and explores how operators, agencies, and public entities can navigate this evolving compliance environment.

At the end of 2016, the judge from the 43rd Civil Court of the Central Venue of São Paulo granted an interlocutory relief in favor of a well-known company that is involved in computers...

Rio de Janeiro has become the first Brazilian city to ban online betting advertisements in public spaces through Municipal Decree No. 58,274. This comprehensive prohibition raises significant questions about municipal authority to regulate commercial advertising, particularly given Brazil's constitutional framework that grants the Federal Government exclusive legislative power over such matters. The decree's legality may face scrutiny as it targets a specific industry rather than establishing general urban

Last Friday, the Ministry of Finance published Normative Ordinance No. 1,330 ("Ordinance MF No. 1,330"), which sets out general conditions for the commercial operation of fixed odds betting in Brazil.

Portaria define regras e requisitos para jogos online e estúdios ao vivo, assegurando segurança jurídica e alinhamento internacional para operadores de apostas no Brasil. No dia 31 de julho, a Secretaria...

In early May, Brazil's Law No. 14,852/2024 (the "Legal Framework for Games" or the "Framework") was published.

Brazil's Federal Government has issued two new administrative orders that significantly expand regulatory obligations for advertising in the fixed-odds betting sector, imposing mandatory warning requirements and prior verification duties not only on betting operators but across the entire advertising ecosystem—including agencies, platforms, and social media networks. What specific compliance steps must advertising intermediaries now take to avoid enforcement action, and how do these rules reshape liab

Ordinance 561 underscores the Regulatory Policy's overarching goals of pursuing regulatory efforts; sustainable investment will depend on regulations in the coming months

No dia 30 de dezembro de 2023, o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sancionou a Lei Federal nº 14.709/2023 (Lei das Bets), que disciplina a exploração de apostas de quota fixa por particulares.

Em 20 de junho de 2023, entrou em vigor o Marco Legal das Criptomoedas (Lei nº 14.478/2022), que dispõe sobre as diretrizes a serem observadas na prestação de serviços...

O Ministério da Fazenda publicou na última sexta-feira, dia 27, a Portaria Normativa nº 1.330 (Portaria MF nº 1.330), que define condições gerais para exploração comercial de apostas de quota fixa...

Foi publicada no Diário Oficial da União a Medida Provisória ("MP") nº 1.182/23, que altera a Lei Federal nº 13.756/2018...

À medida que se aproxima o prazo previsto na Resolução CD/ANPD 19/2024 para que agentes de tratamento de dados pessoais regularizem seus contratos envolvendo transferência internacional...

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