Postdoctoral thesis backed by ANJL lawyer argues Brazil's betting ban MP 1.394/2026 is unconstitutional
By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Summary
Lawyer Pietro Cardia Lorenzoni of the ANJL defended a postdoctoral thesis at IDP in Brasília on 14 October, supervised by STF minister Gilmar Mendes, and it was approved with a recommendation for publication. The work argues that the fixed-odds betting framework is constitutional and that Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which banned fixed-odds betting and ended federal authorisations, is formally and materially unconstitutional. It concludes that flaws in Brazilian regulation should be fixed through better, evidence-based regulation and channelling demand to the supervised market, not prohibition. The measure is being challenged at the STF in ADIs 8.024, 8.027 and 8.028, with Luiz Fux as rapporteur; the article notes the supervision does not signal Mendes's own view.
Why it matters
The thesis argues that the betting ban is unconstitutional and that Brazil should address regulatory flaws through evidence-based rules and supervised-market channelling.