Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has published a detailed timetable for its public hearing on the provisional measure banning fixed-odds betting. Justice Luiz Fux's revised schedule allocates up to 10 minutes to each of 28 participating entities.
The November 3 session begins at 10 am in the STF's Second Panel courtroom. It will be broadcast by TV Justiça, Rádio Justiça and the court's YouTube channel.
Ten soccer clubs lead the program, with Flamengo speaking first at 10:10 am, followed by Fluminense, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, São Paulo, Corinthians, Ponte Preta, Vitória, Guarani and Portuguesa.
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and Brazilian Olympic Committee take the final morning slots before a break at 12:10 pm. The Attorney General's Office (AGU) opens the afternoon session at 2 pm, followed by the finance and sports ministries, the Office of the Prosecutor General and the National Confederation of Commerce.
Representatives of ANSEJA, ANJL and the Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR) are also scheduled to speak. AIGAMING has the last presentation at 5 pm, with Fux due to close the proceedings 10 minutes later. A second break is scheduled from 4:10 pm to 4:40 pm.
The hearing concerns Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which prohibits the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting and provides for the termination of existing authorizations.
ANJL brought direct constitutional action ADI 8027 and seeks immediate suspension of the measure and a ruling against its constitutionality.
A separate challenge from ANSEJA alleges that the measure lacked the urgency required for provisional legislation. The association also raises objections concerning legal certainty, free enterprise and the balance of federal and state powers. The court has not ruled on those arguments.
The STF says the hearing will examine the measure's impacts. Its timetable ends with closing remarks and gives no date for a ruling. Three other direct constitutional actions also challenge the provisional measure.
Each organization may appoint up to two representatives and must submit their names and authorizations by 3 pm on October 29. Participants may also send audiovisual material ahead of their speaking slots.
An earlier court order named 26 participants when the hearing date was set. The revised timetable adds the Brazilian Olympic Committee and Ministry of Sport.
A separate two-day STF hearing in November 2024 examined the law that established Brazil's regulated betting framework
