A report on Bill 5,582/2025 proposes a 15% CIDE-Bets charge on sports betting deposits in Brazil. The ANJL association argued that taxing deposits could push customers towards offshore or illegal operators and create uncertainty for regulated companies; it favoured using existing GGR tax revenue instead.
The proposed deposit tax could affect operator costs and competition with unregulated betting services in Brazil.
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Brazil’s Free Market Parliamentary Front published a manifesto opposing a proposed rise in betting companies’ tax rate from 12% to 18%. The group said the change could raise the sector’s total tax burden to 56.25% where municipal service tax is 5%, and argued that higher costs could undermine licensed operations and reduce government revenue.
SOFTSWISS Head of Regional Growth Miranda Guliashvili argued that Brazil should preserve its regulated betting market rather than impose a blanket ban. She said restricting licensed activity could push demand towards unlicensed platforms, while regulation gives authorities and companies tools to monitor risks and enforce player-protection rules.
The Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gambling (IBJR) has argued against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s calls to shut down online gambling and sports betting nationwide. The institute cited research estimating that about 51% of betting activity takes place outside regulated channels, equivalent to roughly R$40bn a year; Lula acknowledged that Congress would need to act on a ban.
A former adviser to Brazil’s Treasury Ministry has argued against bills that would ban betting advertising, saying restrictions would apply to authorised operators while illegal businesses could continue advertising. José Francisco Manssur cited SPA secretary Daniele Corrêa Cardoso’s question about how consumers would distinguish legal from illegal betting without visible communication from authorised operators.
Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA) opposed Bill 3563/2024, which would ban betting advertising and sponsorship, deputy secretary Daniele Correa Cardoso said. She argued that restricting licensed operators’ communications could make it harder for consumers to distinguish them from illegal companies; the SPA also reported that more than 25,000 illegal betting sites had been blocked with Anatel.