Brazil betting ban: What a sports-only compromise would be worth

With the courts closed to industry challenges, Brazilian lawmakers are weighing a partial market reopening that would keep online casino banned Brazil, which banned online betting in September, could yet reopen half of its market. With the courts now closed to the industry, a proposal to allow sports betting while keeping online casino banned is gaining ground in Congress. Since Sunday (8 November), a ruling by Supreme Court (STF) Justice Luiz Fux has frozen every lower-court lawsuit against Provisional Measure (MP) 1.394.