After the Ministry of Finance published rules prohibiting beneficiaries of social programs from participating in fixed-odds betting, the sector had initially considered judicial action, as previously reported by the column.
In recent weeks, technical notes were even drafted. However, the material was shelved following the collapse of the alternative IOF-related provisional measure, which had proposed new taxation on betting companies.
With taxation now off the table, the confrontation was effectively defused.
Behind the scenes, operators assessed that pursuing legal action at this stage would be a high-cost move with a strong risk of “institutional backlash.”
However, the expiration of the MP’s validity does not mean a truce. The government has not ruled out the possibility of introducing a new targeted fiscal measure for betting operators in the coming months.
Source: PlatôBR
