Overview
- STF minister Luiz Fux suspended the Finance Ministry’s requirement that platforms block or close existing betting accounts of Bolsa Família and BPC recipients.
- He ordered reactivation of accounts closed under the norms while maintaining the prohibition on opening new accounts for beneficiaries.
- The provisional relief was granted on December 19 in a case brought by the National Association of Games and Lotteries and remains in effect until the conciliation.
- The February 10, 2026 hearing will bring together federal representatives and private‑sector groups, including CNC and ABLE, to negotiate implementation.
- The contested rules, issued in September and October to carry out an earlier STF directive, followed TCU findings of large betting flows by beneficiary households, including R$3.7 billion in January.