Congresso Brasileiro de Direito dos Jogos e Apostas

CBDJ, short for Congresso Brasileiro de Direito dos Jogos e Apostas, is a one-day legal conference on gambling and sports betting in Brazil, set for 17 November 2026 at IDP Asa Sul in Brasília. It is organised by GAME, whose events board puts the programme together, and the official site is published in Portuguese only. The site gives the hours as 09:30 to 18:00, although its own schedule starts with a keynote at 09:00. The audience is the regulatory side of the market: officials from the executive and legislative branches, lawyers, academics and representatives of betting operators. The organiser says the discussion will centre on the sports betting regulations published by the Ministry of Finance's Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA). Taxation, anti-money laundering, responsible gambling, advertising, competition and payment methods are listed as themes. The day follows a fixed pattern: an opening keynote, four panels split by coffee breaks and a lunch break at attendees' own cost, then a closing panel at 17:40. Panel titles and speakers for 2026 had not been announced by 31 October 2026, and registration was marked as opening soon. Sponsorship packages at diamond, gold, silver and bronze level were still on offer. The speaker list on the official site is from the 2025 edition. It included SPA deputy secretary Daniele Correa Cardoso, ANJL president Plínio Augusto Lemos Jorge, COAF executive secretary Carolina Yumi de Souza, Conar executive vice-president Juliana Albuquerque, STJD president Luiz Otávio Veríssimo and Procon-SP executive director Luiz Orsatti, alongside partners from law firms such as Pinheiro Neto and operator executives from Galera.Bet and ANA Gaming. That mix of regulators, the advertising self-regulator and the consumer protection agency gives an indication of the room, though the 2026 line-up may differ. For affiliates the event is relevant mainly through advertising, one of the listed themes. Both the SPA and Conar, the advertising self-regulation council, were represented at the 2025 congress. It is a conference for following regulation rather than for doing deals, with no expo floor or networking programme announced.