Lula signs decree making financial institutions and advertisers jointly liable for illegal betting taxes
Banks, payment providers and advertisers face joint tax liability for unauthorised betting, with procedures and sanctions still to be set.
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Brazil’s regulated betting market reports 27.5 million bettors in 2025
Operators face a higher tax burden as regulators contend with illegal betting platforms and concerns about gambling harm.
Brazil’s ENDR uses AI to review betting data for sports distributions
The process relies on operator data quality to calculate statutory distributions to sports organisations.
Brazil Supreme Court suspends closure of existing betting accounts
Operators must keep existing beneficiary accounts open while continuing to block new registrations pending the hearing.
Brazilian ministries agree five-year cooperation on betting harm
The agreement sets a five-year framework for government information-sharing, prevention and treatment related to betting harms.
Brazilian government blocks 19,180 betting-related URLs through September
Payment institutions and operators face scrutiny as authorities target accounts and online content linked to illegal betting.
Brazilian officials discuss blocking illegal sports betting sites
The discussion concerns enforcement measures and technical barriers affecting the blocking of illegal betting sites.
Brazil launches central self-exclusion platform for authorised betting sites
Operators must action central exclusion requests within 72 hours and prevent new accounts for excluded users.
Brazil plans rules for betting game providers under 2025-26 agenda
The planned rules could define providers’ obligations when supplying games to unauthorised betting platforms.
Brazilian committee schedules hearing on blocking illegal betting sites
The hearing may clarify how authorities identify and block unregulated betting platforms in Brazil.
Brazil records 25 million active bettors from January to September 2025
The figures give operators and regulators a measure of the regulated market’s scale and federal tax contribution.
Brazilian betting operators record R$27.7bn GGR through September
The figures show the reported scale of betting operators’ revenue and federal receipts in Brazil through September.
Licence
Brazil’s SPA issues 67 initial betting authorisations for regulated market
Operators need SPA authorisation to continue offering betting in Brazil’s regulated market.
Brazil’s TCU orders stronger oversight capacity for fixed-odds betting
The order requires the ministry to address reported gaps in the resources available to oversee betting transactions.
Brazil Supreme Court gives AGU and PGR five days to assess betting rules
The submissions may inform the court’s review of betting restrictions and their application to operators’ customers.
ABLE asks Brazil’s Supreme Court to review betting restrictions on benefit recipients’ families
Operators may face uncertainty over which people the benefit-related betting restrictions require them to block.
Brazilian betting operators estimate beneficiary ban could remove 20% of users
The reported estimate signals a potential change in the eligible customer base for regulated betting operators in Brazil.
Brazil’s SPA opens consultation on 2026–2027 regulatory agenda
Operators and other stakeholders can submit views that may inform the regulator’s priorities for the next two years.
Brazilian banks close 483 accounts suspected of links to illegal betting
The closures indicate how financial institutions are applying measures against suspected illegal betting activity.