Brazil's ban on online betting led to more than 3,500 layoffs within 14 days, ANJL recorded, equivalent to 23% of an estimated 15,000-strong workforce. A further 4,167 workers are on collective leave, and the association projects 5,600 job losses within 90 days.
Mass layoffs show how abruptly a market shutdown can disrupt operators, suppliers and the wider betting supply chain.
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An economist’s estimate reported in the source says Flamengo, Corinthians and Palmeiras could lose R$695.5 million a year combined in betting sponsorship and stadium advertising revenue if Brazil’s provisional measure remains in force. The projections put potential revenue reductions at 26% for Flamengo, 23% for Corinthians and 22% for Palmeiras; they are not losses already recorded.
Flamengo, Corinthians and Palmeiras could lose a combined R$695.5m a year in sponsorship and stadium advertising revenue if Brazil's provisional measure on fixed-odds betting remains in force, according to an estimate by economist Cesar Grafietti. The figures are projections of the financial impact of removing betting-related revenue, not losses the clubs have already recorded.
Betting operators invested R$2.12bn in open and pay TV between January 2025 and June 2026, according to a Tunad media intelligence survey. From January to August 2026, operators spent R$542.4m on linear open TV alone and led advertiser rankings in five of eight months. Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, signed on 25 September, banned fixed-odds betting operations and advertising, with broadcasters given until 5 October to pull contracted spots.
Betting operators spent R$2.12bn on open and pay television between January 2025 and June 2026, according to a media intelligence survey by Tunad published on Wednesday 21 October and. From January to August 2026, operators spent R$542.4m on linear open TV alone and led the advertiser ranking in that medium in five of the eight months, the survey found.
A projection cited by journalist Gilmar Ferreira suggests Brazilian football sponsorship contracts could fall in 2027 after the betting prohibition, potentially returning to levels seen through July 2025. The figures are expectations from sports-market professionals, not cuts announced by clubs; the projection puts Flamengo’s main sponsorship at about BRL 115 million annually and Fluminense’s at BRL 40 million fixed.
Brazilian football sponsorship contracts could fall in 2027 after the country's betting prohibition, according to a projection cited by journalist Gilmar Ferreira in his Extra column. Sports commercial market professionals expect contracts to return to the levels in force up to July 2025, even if the federal government's provisional measure is amended or loses validity, the projection says. The projections are expectations of sector professionals rather than cuts already announced by the clubs.
Brazil's ban on betting advertising has left seven of the 14 Série A clubs that had betting brands as main shirt sponsors without one, citing Poder360. Betting firms accounted for 34% of marketing revenue at Brazil's 20 biggest clubs in 2025, about R$1.1bn of R$3.2bn, according to Sports Value. Flamengo and Fluminense wore "Proibir não é proteger" shirts in protest.
Brazil's ban on betting advertising has left seven of the 14 Série A clubs that had betting brands as main shirt sponsors without one, citing a Poder360 survey. The survey covered the last two rounds of the 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro. The federal provisional measure prohibited advertising, marketing and sponsorship related to fixed-odds betting in the country.
It was reported that cases involving betting at Rio de Janeiro’s TJRJ rose from 58 in 2024 to more than 689 between January and September this year. It says the Comsefaz estimate that households lost R$ 62.5bn in 2025 relies on Pix flows, while legal operators’ revenue was R$ 36.9bn, according to figures cited in the study.
It was reported that the number of betting-related cases at the Rio de Janeiro state court, the TJRJ, rose from 58 in 2024 to more than 689 between January and September this year. The cases concern unpaid winning bets, changes to odds, blocked accounts and withdrawals, and clauses considered abusive, according to the report.