A cross-party bench of twenty deputies and seven senators, spanning the Liberal Party and Bolsonaro allies on the right and the Socialism and Liberty Party on the left, have filed twin bills to ban almost all forms of betting advertising in Brazil and subject “excessive risk” online games to a public-health veto by the Ministry of Health.
The Chamber of Deputies version, PL 2478/2026, is led by Pedro Campos of the Brazilian Socialist Party; its Senate twin, PL 2470/2026, is led by Damares Alves of Republicans. Both texts would amend the 2023 Sports Betting Legal Framework.
The package was presented publicly under the banner “Brazil Against the Bets”, at an event hosted by the Mixed Parliamentary Front for the Promotion of Mental Health, of which Campos is the president.
Both bills have broad cross party consensus. In the Chamber, PL 2478/2026 is backed by members from the Social Democratic Party, Workers’ Party, Socialism and Liberty Party, and the Liberal Party. In the Senate, PL 2470/2026 has co‑signers from Republicans, the Social Democratic Party, the Workers’ Party, and the Liberal Party.
The bills would ban advertising for fixed-odds betting on television, radio, the open internet, social media, streaming, sports uniforms, outdoors, cultural events, and through influencer campaigns. Slogans long associated with the sector — “extra income”, “guaranteed profit”, “VIP group”, “loss recovery” — would be expressly prohibited.
The texts also introduce a risk classification for online products: games with continuous cycles, instant results and variable rewards would be designated “excessive risk” and could be prohibited outright, with the Ministry of Health given power to vet products before market release. Mandatory self-exclusion, deposit limits, marketing blocks and addiction warnings round out the package.
Penalties run to R$50 million per infraction, plus suspension or revocation of licences, with influencers individually liable for advertising violations. Pedro Campos told reporters at the launch event that he hoped both texts would clear Congress before the end of the year.
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