Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) asks the Supreme Court to exclude betting from a decision that favored state lotteries.

The Attorney General's Office (AGU) questioned last week the decision of the virtual plenary of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) that limited the activities of state lottery companies. The AGU's motion for clarification was filed on Wednesday, the 19th, reveals a note from PlatôBR.

The appeal argued that the Supreme Court's ruling left loopholes that could allow state-level betting companies to operate beyond state borders, even when the law requires territorial limits. Therefore, the Attorney General's Office (AGU) requested that the Supreme Court clarify that the decision does not apply to fixed-odds betting, a type of betting that has its own specific regulations and is the subject of other cases before the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court's decision overturned federal rules that prevented companies from operating lotteries in more than one state. Furthermore, it eliminated the prohibition on states advertising their lotteries outside their own territory.

If the Supreme Federal Court (STF) understands that betting sites were affected by the decision, the Attorney General's Office (AGU) wants this specific type of betting to follow strict territoriality rules. The measures proposed in the appeal, such as mandatory georeferencing, would prevent a bettor from another state from using a state-level betting site as if it were national.

The Attorney General's Office (AGU) also argued that the Supreme Court should recognize the prohibition of digital advertising for state-owned betting companies outside their state of origin. The argument is that advertisements with links effectively act as a direct gateway for bets placed beyond state borders.