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Lula signs provisional measure for Congress to review Brazil’s sports betting launch

Brazil’s IBGR lambasts Lula administration’s betting tax ‘burden’

Brazil sees further positive developments on its journey to launch a federal sports betting market,  as President Lula da Silva formally signs off on the ‘provisional measure No-1182’.  Lula’s signature sees the PT (Workers Party) government throw its full weight into legislating a sports betting market in Brazil, to be launched within the coming months. Starting this week, Congress will …

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Brazil sees federal vision crack as Paraiba seeks standalone sports betting market

SBC News Brazil sees federal vision crack as Paraiba seeks standalone sports betting market

The government of Paraiba has approved a decree to launch an independent sports betting regime within the boundaries of the Northeastern state of Brazil.  On 17 January, Decree 43376/2023 was published in Paraiba’s state gazette, with the directive approved by governor João Azevêdo Lins Filho. Amongst Brazil’s smallest states, Paraíba (population four million) seeks to launch an independently governed marketplace …

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