Brazil Congress extends the iGaming ban as courts close the last shortcuts
President Lula’s ban on sports betting and online casino gets more time, while operators lose the lower-court route that briefly kept a few brands online.
Lawmakers extended Provisional Measure 1.394 by 60 days on 11 November and have until 4 March 2027 to turn the ban into a permanent law. Three days earlier, Supreme Court justice Luiz Fux froze every lower-court case that challenged Provisional Measure 1.394, after Stake and CDA Gaming briefly won injunctions that the government then overturned.
The ban has been in force since 25 September. Six weeks on, Blask data shows the offshore book that was already in Brazil before 25 September is still roughly the same size: from 19 October to 11 November, daily offshore demand averaged 2% below the 1–24 September offshore average. The licensed volume that vanished did not reappear under unlicensed brands.
The ban has been in force since 25 September. According to Blask data, early November offshore demand (measured by Blask Index) is only 4% above the pre-ban offshore level. Lost licensed demand did not migrate to unlicensed brands.
The National Association of Games and Lotteries said more than 3,500 people across operators and suppliers had lost their jobs by mid-October, with another 4,167 on collective leave and a projection of 5,600 cuts within 90 days of the ban.
If the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate vote Provisional Measure 1.394 down before 4 March 2027, the ban ends. Until that vote, Fux’s order blocks any brand from winning a local-court pass to operate legally again.
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