Lula Wins Re-election the Day Brazil’s Betting Licenses Expire

Lula beat Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.78% of valid votes on the day every federal betting license lapsed. The ban’s future now sits with Justice Luiz Fux and a congressional committee that has not met. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won re-election on October 25 with 51.78% of valid votes to 48.22% for Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, with all sections counted by the Superior Electoral Court. The same day, every federal betting authorization granted under the 2023 betting law expired under Provisional Measure 1,394.