Demonstration calls for suspension of standards as they are not sufficient to protect consumer rights in a “predatory” market
The PGR (Attorney General’s Office) declared the unconstitutionality of the Bets Law (law) and the text that authorized online fixed-odd betting (law) as it is being processed by the STF (Supreme Federal Court).
The demonstration also calls for the effectiveness of legislation to be suspended and, thus, online betting companies to be banned in the country. The information is from .
The opinion is signed by Attorney General Paulo Gonet. According to the PGR, the laws allow the “exploitation and indiscriminate disclosure” of sports betting.
According to Gonet, regulation is “insufficient” to protect consumer rights, given the nature “predatory” of the sports betting market.
PUBLIC HEARING
The minister-rapporteur of the case at the STF, Luiz Fux, called a public hearing on ADI 7721. The meetings were held this Monday (Nov 11) and should continue on Tuesday (Nov 12). According to the minister, the merit analysis should be carried out in the 1st half of 2025.
After this 2nd meeting, which included representatives from digital betting and the federal government, Fux that the current legislation on betting needs a “very immediate adjustment” given the effects on low-income users and mental disorders caused by the rampant use of betting.
“It was very clear that it needed a fairly immediate adjustment. So, I will talk to the Powers, I will also analyze all the information and then we will assess whether, before the judgment on the merits, which should take place in the 1st half of 2025, there is a need for the so-called emergency measure”, he told journalists.
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