Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has scheduled a public hearing for November 3 to consider challenges surrounding President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's provisional ban on fixed-odds betting.
Justice Luiz Fux signed the order on October 26 in Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) 8.027. The 10 am session will take place in the courtroom of the STF's Second Panel.
Fux said he was responding to requests from the Attorney General's Office (AGU), the applicants in ADI 8.027 and parties admitted to the proceedings.
The order lists 26 participating institutions. The government will be represented by the AGU and Finance Ministry, while industry participants include the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL), Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR) and National Association for the Legal Security of Games and Betting (ANSEJA).
Football will also have a substantial presence. Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, São Paulo, Corinthians, Ponte Preta, Vitória, Guarani and Portuguesa are listed alongside the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Other participants include the broadcasters' association ABERT, the National Confederation of Industry and the federal prosecutor general.
The hearing comes as several constitutional actions contest Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which prohibits the operation, offer, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting in Brazil.
Fux directed that his order be added to six related cases. The scheduling decision does not suspend the measure or decide the legal challenges.
According to the official congressional tracker, the measure is awaiting installation of a joint committee. Its initial deadline for deliberation is November 23. That leaves the court's November 3 session 20 days before the legislative deadline, with both processes still active.
Correio Braziliense reported that the hearing will examine economic effects and legal certainty, including the impact on football. The court's participant list gives the government, betting associations and clubs an opportunity to present their positions before the measure's next legislative milestone.
Earlier this month, 23 Brazilian football clubs asked to join the STF proceedings over lost betting sponsorship income, bringing football finances into the pending constitutional challenge.
The 26 entries in Fux's order are institutions; the document does not name 26 individual speakers or decide the ban's constitutionality
