Brazil Supreme Court Freezes Legal Challenges to Betting Ban

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) has suspended all lower-court proceedings challenging President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s nationwide ban on online betting, leaving the future of the measure dependent on a definitive constitutional ruling by the country’s highest court. Justice Luiz Fux granted a request from Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet and the Office of the Prosecutor-General (PGR) to freeze the lawsuits, citing the possibility of contradictory judicial decisions while the STF examines the government’s Provisional Measure (PM) 1,394/2026.