The AGU wants the court to strike down parts of Law 13.756/2018, which first created fixed-odds betting in Brazil, and Law 14.790/2023, known as the Betting Law, which set the rules operators have followed since. The filing specifically targets articles 29 to 35 of the 2018 law and multiple sections of the 2023 law connected directly to how betting is run and regulated.
The AGU shared:
“The reasons set forth above demonstrate that the regulatory framework of Laws No. 13.756/2018 and No. 14.790/2023 was extensively flawed.”
The AGU had argued that these laws never implemented strong enough protections for players, citing rising household debt, a lack of safeguards for children and teenagers, and a 140% jump in public healthcare visits linked to gambling addiction.
The request lands inside ADI 7749, a case the AGU originally filed with the Supreme Court back in 2024, with Justice Luiz Fux acting as rapporteur. The AGU said it still supports the technical rules issued by Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting, arguing the real problem lies in the underlying laws, which it says should have set clearer limits on losses, bets, and session length from the start.
