By The Weekly Edge desk ·
iGaming Today reported that Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court will hear a constitutional challenge to laws permitting online betting. The case follows a complaint from the Office of the Prosecutor General.
The case puts the legal basis for Brazil’s online betting rules before the court.
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