Brazil’s National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) announced TaDa Gaming, BB Gaming and Legitimuz as new members on 30 June. The companies work in iGaming content, gaming technology and digital services, and identity verification respectively.
The membership additions bring a content provider, a gaming group and an identity-verification company into the association.
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Brazil’s ANJL and Conar have partnered on an online course to train digital influencers in ethical betting advertising. The eight-module programme covers advertising principles, social responsibility, protection of vulnerable groups and regulatory requirements; ANJL president Plínio Lemos Jorge said the initiative aims to curb social-media promotion of illegal betting sites.
A Nexus poll commissioned by the ANJL found that 77% of Brazilian voters say the ban on legalised betting will not influence their vote in the presidential run-off. Only 9% named betting as the most important issue, according to the survey of 2,000 people aged over 16, conducted 18–21 October with a two-point margin of error.
A poll by Nexus, commissioned by the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL), found that 77% of Brazilian voters said the ban on legalised betting would not influence their vote in the presidential run-off, scheduled for Sunday 25 October. The survey also found that 9% of respondents named betting as the most important issue when deciding their vote for president.
Reportedly, the IBJR and ANJL are running their "Proibir não é proteger" manifesto at 10 Brasileirão matches from 16 October, with pitch boards and team shirts. São Paulo players wore the message against Vasco da Gama and Flamengo were to display it against Bahia. The associations oppose Medida Provisória 1.394/2026, which banned betting.
The Instituto Brasileiro de Jogo Responsável (IBJR) and the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL) are taking their "Proibir não é proteger" manifesto to Brasileirão matches, with pitch boards and team shirts, the associations announced. The activation returns in 10 matches from Friday 16 October, in a new format, during the 31st round of the Campeonato Brasileiro.
Legitbet, a monitoring platform maintained by the ANJL, identified 221 new illegal betting sites in Brazil over the Children's Day holiday. It also found 1,439 suspicious links, mainly on Telegram, and recorded 30,844 clandestine sites still accessible on the holiday's final day. ANJL president Plínio Lemos Jorge said the increase was a consequence of the regulated market's end.
Legitbet, a monitoring platform maintained by the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL), identified 221 new illegal betting sites in Brazil during the Children's Day holiday period, according to a survey. The survey covered 9 to 12 October 2026.
ANJL lawyer Pietro Cardia Lorenzoni presented postdoctoral research at IDP in Brasília on 14 October. The work received approval with a recommendation for publication and argues that Brazil should address betting-related social harms through regulation. It also argues that MP 1.394/2026 is unconstitutional; the source says ADIs 8.024, 8.027 and 8.028 contest the measure.
Pietro Cardia Lorenzoni, a lawyer for the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL), presented postdoctoral research at the Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa (IDP) in Brasília on 14 October. The work, titled "Regulação e Jurisdição Constitucional: análise e propostas hermenêuticas sobre legislação, regulação federal e jurisprudência da modalidade lotérica de aposta de quota fixa", was approved with a recommendation for publication, according to the report.