Up for re-election, Brazil’s president will table his own gambling reform bill

Sunday, April 19, 2026 1:16 PM
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  • Leonardo Biazzi, SBC News

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will show his hand on the future of the Bets Law and online gambling in Brazil by mid-May.

The message comes not from the ranks of the Workers Party (PT) government, but from a scoop by journalist Lauro Jardim in his weekly column for O Globo titled “Lula ready for a Bets offensive.”

Jardim cites that Lula aims to heal the fractures of a divisive online gambling regime, by a presidential decree of reforms and protections. The mandate will be coordinated by the Civil House, with input from the Ministries of Finance, Planning and Justice.