AGU asks Fux to await PGR and maintain ban on betting sites in Brazil
Jorge Messias requests a new public hearing on the matter
TL;DR
- The Attorney General's Office (AGU) requested the STF to maintain the provisional measure banning betting sites.
- The AGU asked Minister Luiz Fux to wait for the PGR's opinion before ruling on a request to suspend the ban.
- A new public hearing on the matter was also requested by the AGU.
- Betting associations claim the ban caused billions in losses and was abrupt.
- The AGU cited family debt, child protection issues, and increased health problems from gambling addiction as reasons for the ban.
- The AGU stated that there is no tax waiver when revenue loss results from the elimination of an economic sector.