Provisional Measure 1,182 , which establishes rules for regulating sports betting in Brazil, lost its validity on the 21st. As a result, the country is left without current legislation that deals with the subject.

This Thursday (7), the Board of Directors of the National Congress published an update on the provisional measure confirming its loss of effectiveness.

“Under the terms of the sole paragraph of art. 14 of Resolution No. 1 of 2002 – CN, the Presidency of the Board of the National Congress will communicate the fact to the President of the Republic and will publish in the Official Gazette of the Union a Declaratory Act ending the term of validity of the aforementioned Measure”, the update informed.

The statement establishes a 15-day deadline for the draft legislative decree to be presented by the Joint Committee or by the rapporteur, which may be presented by any senator from the 16th day onwards.

The legislative decree must be published by March 1, 2024.

Authored by the Presidency of the Republic, the text was published in the Official Gazette of the Union on July 25, and was in effect as a law until November 21, when it expired.

Initially, the provisional measure would expire on September 22. The deadline was extended for another 60 days by an act of the president of the National Congress, shortly after the approval of bill 3,626 by the Chamber of Deputies.

Now, the regulation of the betting market depends on the approval of PL 3.626, which is still awaiting a vote in the Senate.

What changes?

Betting on sporting events was prohibited in Brazil until 2018, when Law 13.756/18 was passed, legalizing the market. The legislation gave a two-year deadline, extendable for another two years, for rules to be created to regulate the practice.

The issue has not progressed in recent years. After taking office as president in 2023, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva decided to regulate betting through MP 1,182 and PL 3,626, both authored by the Presidency of the Republic.

UNDERSTAND : When the PL was approved in the Chamber, it absorbed a large part of the text of the MP, adding other measures such as the inclusion of online casinos in the regulations.

Deputies and senators preferred to move forward with the issue through the PL, not establishing a committee to evaluate the provisional measure.

With the provisional measure expiring, the rules established by the text cease to have legal validity. Meanwhile, Bill 3,626 awaits a vote in the Senate, with the vote in the plenary already having been postponed twice .

The expectation is that the regulation of betting will be approved by the government this year, with the exploration of the licensed market beginning in 2023.