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Brazil betting ban ends sports allocations after operators paid R$1.63bn in 2025

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Brazil’s fixed-odds betting prohibition ends payments to sports bodies from licensed operators, which allocated R$1.63bn to sport in 2025, according to data from the Finance Ministry’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting. The Ministry of Sport received R$1bn, while the Brazilian Olympic Committee and Brazilian Paralympic Committee received R$99.7m and R$58.9m respectively.

Sports bodies and public programmes lose a funding stream that supplied R$1.63bn to sport in 2025.

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Brazilian lawmakers consider sports betting as casino games face proposed ban

Congress is considering nearly 100 amendments to a proposed Brazilian ban on betting, including proposals to retain sports betting while excluding online casino games. A market source cited in media reporting estimated casino games generated 70% to 80% of operators’ revenue; the National Association of Games and Lotteries said revenue shares vary between companies and that a change in permitted products would require operational reviews.

Brazil's Congress is considering nearly 100 amendments to a provisional measure that would ban betting, including proposals to keep sports betting while excluding online casino games, according to the report. The amendments would retain sports betting except for markets tied to individual statistics such as corners and cards, the report said. The proposal does not provide for online casino games to resume.

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