42 Filed, 38 Remaining: Inside Brazil’s MP 1.394 Amendments

Brazil’s Congress has extended the deadline for amendments to MP 1.394 to October 13 at 23:59. As of October 4, the register listed 42 submissions and four withdrawals, leaving 38 not marked withdrawn; the extension itself does not postpone enforcement of the betting ban.

What the October 13 amendment deadline changes

The October 1 order extended the period for lawmakers to submit amendments to MP 1.394/2026. Congress can receive filings until the new deadline; approval requires further parliamentary action.

The MP took effect on publication, prohibiting fixed-odds betting on real sporting events and virtual games. Government guidance sets October 5 at 23:59 as the end of voluntary withdrawals and October 6 as the date sites and apps become unavailable. Advertising and sponsorship removal is scheduled for October 5. The October 6 shutdown explainer covers those operational deadlines.

Congress’s calendar runs alongside that timetable. November 9 marks the start of urgency processing if the MP remains unresolved. November 23 ends the initial 60-day period. If voting is not concluded in both houses, that period is automatically extended by another 60 days.

Why 42 filed leaves 38 remaining

The official register retains submissions after withdrawal. Amendment 12 was withdrawn on October 1, followed by amendments 18, 19 and 20 on October 2. Subtracting those four from the 42 recorded submissions leaves 38 not marked withdrawn in the October 4 check.

“Remaining” describes filings not marked withdrawn, rather than approved changes. Pedro Aihara’s amendment 14 supersedes his withdrawn amendment 12.

What lawmakers want to change

The filings offer different answers to the same question: how much of the previously licensed market should survive? Marcos Braz’s amendment 10 would retain authorized betting on final results and collective metrics while prohibiting slots, online casinos and bets on individual sporting actions, including cards, corners and fouls.

Aihara’s amendment 14 draws a different boundary. It would preserve sports betting and other online games that do not use slot or equivalent mechanics, while retaining restrictions on online-game advertising.

Astronauta Marcos Pontes’s amendment 15 takes a sports-only approach and addresses licensing directly. It proposes restoring federal authorizations without a new application or fee, subject to continued regulatory compliance, and adding the period from September 25 to publication of the conversion law to their terms. A conversion law is the resulting legislation that replaces the provisional measure.

Sponsorship and unclaimed balances take separate paths

Braz’s amendment 11 would permit passive brand display on uniforms and arenas under existing contracts with authorized operators. Its wording refers to the end of the sporting season and/or a maximum of 24 months from publication of the proposed conversion law. That conditional language does not give every club an automatic two-year exemption today.

The fund proposals use different clocks: 180 days for Beto Preto’s amendment 2 and five years for Alessandro Vieira’s amendment 42. Each runs from the actual transfer to Caixa, rather than a universal October 14 start. They would direct unclaimed balances to the National Health Fund and National Public Security Fund respectively.

Jorge Kajuru withdrew amendment 18 on October 2. It had sought proportional repayment of unused authorization fees, adjusted by the Selic rate.

Amendment 4 targets broadcast prize promotions

Beto Preto’s amendment 4 would repeal Articles 1-A, 1-B and 7 of Law 5.768/1971. Existing broadcast prize-promotion authorizations under Articles 1-A and 1-B would run to their original expiry without renewal. That transition does not extend fixed-odds betting licenses.

What happens next in Congress

The joint committee was designated on September 30, but its official page still showed it awaiting installation, with the presidency vacant, on October 4. The normal route is committee consideration followed by votes in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

A committee report would identify which proposals are recommended to advance. Filings and withdrawals can still change before the October 13 deadline.

The wider policy dispute also includes the illegal betting market crackdown and the AGU lawsuit seeking damages for the public health system.

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Sources

• MP 1.394/2026: register, withdrawals and parliamentary calendar — National Congress
• Amendment board: Nos. 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 42 — National Congress
• MP 1.394/2026, original text — Presidency of the Republic
• Law 5.768/1971, including Articles 1-A and 1-B — Presidency of the Republic
• Government announcement and implementation timetable, September 25 — Ministry of Health
• Joint committee for MP 1.394/2026 — Federal Senate
• How provisional measures proceed through Congress — National Congress
• Congress photograph used as the illustration reference — Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado