Zona de Azar Brasil – Brasil: Fluminense Participates in the STF Betting Hearing

Brazil.- November 7, 2024 www.zonadeazar.com This week, Fluminense requested to join the Supreme Federal Court (STF) as amicus curiae, or friend of the court, in the unconstitutionality action against Law No. 14,790/2023, also known as the Sports Betting Law, filed by the National Confederation of Commerce in Goods, Services, and Tourism (CNC).

The club has expressed support for the regulation of the online gaming and betting law, noting that its revocation could significantly impact the finances of the Rio-based club and other Brazilian clubs.

“The impact of these funds on the development of professional football in the country is undeniable. Currently, 75% of the clubs in the Série A of the Brazilian Championship have sports betting companies as their main sponsors. It is estimated that in 2024, revenue from betting contracts will represent nearly 15% of the total revenue for clubs in the two main divisions of the national competition,” reads a portion of Fluminense’s request, as reported by the newspaper O Globo.

Next Monday, the 11th, the court will hold a hearing presided over by STF Minister Luiz Fux to discuss the impact of sports betting and online gaming in Brazil. Participants will include football clubs, associations, betting operators, and health professionals. The Rio club is expected to provide information and make oral arguments during the proceedings.

The general public can watch the broadcast on TV Justiça, listen on Rádio Justiça, or follow it on the court’s YouTube channel.

Minister Fux emphasized that he does not expect the hearing to be monotonous, adding, “It is also expected that the presenters will provide objective, concise, consistent arguments supported by real-world data and scientific evidence gathered through rigorous methodology, avoiding merely generic, abstract statements or repeating the arguments already made by the parties involved.”

Hearing Schedule by Blocks

November 11, Block I, at 10:30 a.m.

• National Confederation of Commerce in Goods, Services, and Tourism (CNC): Dr. Felipe de Sa Tavares and Dr. Fabio Gomes Morand Bentes
• Solidariedade: President Paulo Pereira da Silva
• Federal Court of Accounts: President Bruno Dantas
• Attorney General’s Office: Dr. Nathália Geraldo de Santi
• Ministry of Human Rights: Minister Macaé Evaristo
• Ministry of Finance: Dr. Regis Anderson Dudena
• Ministry of Racial Equality: Dr. Ana Míria dos Santos Carvalho Carinhanha
• Ministry of Health: Minister Nísia Trindade Lima and Dr. Gabriella de Andrade Boska
• Ministry of Social Development and Hunger Combat: Dr. André Quintão Silva, Dr. Clara Carolina de Sá, Dr. Maria Helena Gabarra Osório, and Dr. Eliane Aquino Custódio.

November 11, Block II, at 2:00 p.m.

• Central Bank of Brazil: Dr. Rogério Antônio Lucca
• National Secretariat of Sports Betting and Economic Development, Ministry of Sports: Dr. Giovanni Rocco Neto
• Department of Asset Recovery and International Legal Cooperation, Ministry of Justice and Public Security (DRCI): Dr. Bernardo Antônio Machado Mota
• Digital Rights Secretariat, Ministry of Justice and Public Security: Dr. Lílian Manoela Monteiro Cintra de Melo
• Financial Activities Control Council (COAF): Dr. Rafael Bezerra Ximenes de Vasconcelos
• Federal Public Defender’s Office (DPU): Dr. Leonardo Cardoso de Magalhães
• Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (CFOAB): Dr. Daniel Corrêa Homem de Carvalho
• State Lottery of Rio de Janeiro (LOTERJ): Dr. Hazenclever Lopes Cançado
• State Lottery of Paraná (LOTTOPAR): Dr. Rafael Halila Neves and Dr. Pablo Augusto Wosniacki
• National Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (CONAR): Dr. Juliana Nakata Albuquerque
• Women of Brazil Group: Dr. Andreia Schroder
• Educafro: Friar David Santos
• Brazilian Institute of Legal Gaming (IJL): President Magno José Santos de Sousa
• National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL): Dr. Pietro Cardia Lorenzoni
• Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR): Dr. Celso Cintra Mori
• Brazilian Psychiatric Association (ABP): Dr. Antônio Geraldo da Silva and Dr. Hermano Tavares
• International Association of Gaming (AIGAMING): Dr. Waldir Eustáquio Marques Júnior and Dr. Márcio Borges Malta
• Brazilian Federation of Banks (FEBRABAN): Dr. Isaac Sidney Menezes Ferreira
• Foreign Expert: Dr. Birgitte Sand
• Foreign Expert: Dr. Carlos Hernández Rivera
• Alana Institute: Presenter pending
• Economic Regulation Laboratory, Faculty of Law, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ Reg.): Dr. Andréa Magalhães, Dr. André Ribeiro Tosta, Dr. Carina de Castro Quirino, Dr. José Vicente Santos de Mendonça, and Dr. Rodrigo Grieco Penna
• Zumbi dos Palmares University Rectory: Chancellor Dr. José Vicente
• New Technology Law and Disruptive Business Models Laboratory, University of São Paulo (USP NPD TechLab): Dr. Isadora Valadares Assunção and Dr. Pedro Henrique Figueiredo Soares.

November 12, Single Block, at 10:00 a.m.

• National Academy of Sports Law (ANDD): Dr. Terence Zveiter and Dr. Paulo Sergio Feuz
• Professor from the Graduate Program in Law, University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR): Dr. Eduardo Rocha Dias
• Brazilian Institute for the Study of Business and Tax Law (IBEDET): Dr. Leonardo Ribeiro Pessoa
• Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (IDEC): Dr. Walter José Faiad de Moura
• Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (DIEESE): Dr. Adriana Márcia Marcolino
• Institute for Retail Development (IDV): Presenter pending
• National Association of Retirees, Disabled Persons, Seniors, Pensioners, and Social Security Beneficiaries (ANADIPS): Dr. Maria Luiza F. de Almeida Neri
• Brazilian Association of Criminal Lawyers (Abracrim): Dr. Maíra Fernandes
• Brazilian Association of Broadcasters (ABERT): Dr. Gustavo Binenbojm
• Fluminense Football Club: Presenter pending
• SAF Botafogo: Presenter pending
• Cruzeiro Esporte Clube SAF: Presenter pending.

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