Brazil extends Provisional Measure on betting ban by 60 days

Brazil’s Congress has extended the validity of Provisional Measure No. 1.394/2026 by another 60 days. Now the lawmakers have until 4 March, 2027 to decide its future. A crowded legislative agenda and the upcoming change in Congress leave limited time for approval. On 10 November, Senate President Davi Alcolumbre signed Act No. 118, extending the measure, which prohibits the exploitation, offering, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting in Brazil. The act was published in the Official Gazette on 11 November. The extension follows the Article 62 of Brazil’s constitution. It allows provisional measure’s validity to be extended when Congress has not completed its review within the initial 60-day period. Initial date of expiration of the measure was on November 23. According to BNLData, the final deadline for a vote is 4 March 2027. Congress has only five working weeks left between 16 November and 18 December, including one shortened by a public holiday. Most of that period is expected to be devoted to the budget. Parliament resumes on 1 February 2027, but the first weeks will be occupied by the opening of the new legislature, elections for congressional leadership, Carnival and the formation of thematic committees. This leaves approximately four and a half working weeks before the 4 March deadline. The establishment of a new Congress in February leads to yet another challenge. According to CNN’s analyst Matheus Teixeira, the government intends to push its agenda through the existing Congress, which is believed to be more advantageous than the new one, which may appear to be more hostile. The progress of the legislation will greatly depend on the negotiations between the congressional leaders, most importantly president of the Senate Alcolumbre, the president of the Chamber of Deputies Hugo Motta, and newly appointed heads of both legislative houses.