Brazil’s Congress extends amendment window for Provisional Measure 1.394/2026

Provisional Measure No. 1.394/2026, which prohibits the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting in Brazil, has had its amendment filing deadline extended by the National Congress. Lawmakers now have until 11:59 p.m. on 13 October to submit amendments; the extension was recorded on 1 October by order of the Presidency of the Board of Congress. The measure would terminate existing authorisations within 30 days, require returning balances and prizes to bettors, and ban advertising, sponsorship and payments linked to fixed-odds betting.

What the extension changes for parliamentarians and timing

The original six-day window for filing amendments was calculated from the measure’s publication in the Official Gazette of the Union on 25 September and was due to expire on 1 October. The Presidency of the Board of Congress ordered the extension on 1 October, applying the Internal Regulations of the Federal Senate subsidiarily to the Common Regulations and citing the principle of full and equal participation by parliamentarians in legislative activities. The filing period has therefore been extended until six days after the general elections, effectively setting 13 October at 23:59 as the new cut-off.

Congress has until 23 November to deliberate on the Provisional Measure. The joint committee charged with issuing an opinion was appointed on 30 September. The measure will enter an expedited procedure on 9 November, at which point it will begin to block the legislative agenda.

The contents of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 and immediate effects

Provisional Measure No. 1.394/2026 would:

• terminate existing authorisations for fixed-odds betting within 30 days of its enactment

• require operators to return balances and prizes to bettors

• prohibit advertising, sponsorship and payments connected with fixed-odds betting

Those are the concrete operational effects spelled out in the text as reported. The measure’s framing on termination, restitution and advertising establishes clear short-term obligations for any service or platform currently offering fixed-odds products in Brazil.

The amendment docket: 40 proposals and the themes they cover

To date, 40 amendments have been filed. They range from narrowing the scope of the prohibition to adding restrictions and specifying the destination of tax revenue and fines.

Notable submissions include:

• Pedro Aihara of Partido Progressista de Minas Gerais (PP-MG), who has sought to limit the prohibition to slot games; Aihara withdrew amendment No. 12 and refiled the idea as amendment No. 14.

• Bruno Ganem of Podemos São Paulo (Pode-SP), who proposes directing tax revenue, fines and penalties collected from illegal gambling to the Ministry of Health for initiatives within SUS, Brazil’s public healthcare system, focused on gambling addiction.

• Jorge Kajuru of Partido Socialista Brasileiro Goiás (PSB-GO), who submitted three amendments addressing restitution limited to the remaining contract term, creation of a centralized responsible-gaming information module integrated into Sigap, and the inclusion of the "tigrinho game" within the prohibition.

• Alessandro Vieira of Movimento Democrático Brasileiro Sergipe (MDB-SE), who filed seven amendments covering sanctioning processes, the Central Bank’s deadline, an oversight committee, banks’ responsibilities in asset freezes, crimes involving exploitation and disclosure, allocation of fines to the National Health Fund, and data provision from the Ministry of Health.

• Marcos Braz of Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira Rio de Janeiro (PSDB-RJ), who lodged five amendments including a proposed new wording for Article 1 and a proposal to bar beneficiaries of federal income transfer programmes, including Bolsa Família, from gambling.

• Beto Preto of Partido Social Democrático Paraná (PSD-PR), who filed five amendments.

• Julio Lopes of Partido Progressista Rio de Janeiro (PP-RJ), who submitted two amendments.

Other parliamentarians who have filed single amendments include Marcos Pontes of Partido Liberal São Paulo (PL-SP) and Felipe Francischini of Podemos Paraná (Pode-PR).

Financial flows, public health and enforcement proposals

Several amendments address the allocation of revenue and penalties. Bruno Ganem’s proposal would channel tax receipts, fines and penalties from illegal gambling to the Ministry of Health for programmes within the Unified Health System (SUS) that target gambling addiction. Alessandro Vieira’s package similarly suggests routing fines to the National Health Fund and requires data sharing from the Ministry of Health.

Jorge Kajuru’s proposals envisage building a centralized responsible-gaming information module to be integrated into Sigap, while other amendments target the mechanics of restitution and the limits on amounts to be returned to bettors.

Administrative and procedural changes being sought

Amendments from multiple authors propose changes to oversight and sanctioning processes. Alessandro Vieira’s filings call for an oversight committee and specify banks’ responsibilities for freezing assets, while Marcos Braz proposes new language for Article 1 of the Provisional Measure and restrictions tied to federal transfer beneficiaries.

The joint committee appointed on 30 September will assess these procedural and substantive recommendations before the plenary vote. The committee’s opinion will shape how the expedited procedure, which begins on 9 November, is handled during the final deliberations that must conclude by 23 November.

What operators and stakeholders should watch next

With 40 amendments on the table and the filing window now extended to 13 October, stakeholders should monitor the joint committee’s work and the plenary timetable. The specific language that survives committee review will determine whether the measure’s immediate termination and restitution clauses remain unchanged or are narrowed, whether advertising and sponsorship bans persist in full, and whether fines and tax revenues are redirected to public-health programmes within SUS.

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