A commentary on Brazil’s betting market cites 17,962% growth in financial transactions, drawing on data it attributes to the Federal Revenue Service and market analyses. It says the measure covers deposits, withdrawals and bets placed, and argues that growth increases pressure for definitive regulation.
The cited transaction growth and call for regulation concern the scale and oversight of Brazil’s betting market.
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Great Britain’s Gambling Commission said its 2024–2025 pilot found a group of vulnerable customers who were not being identified through other approaches. Pilot participants were two to four times more likely to have a debt management plan and two to five times more likely to have had a default in the previous 12 months than comparable consumers.
Italy’s 2025 public-spending report said the Guardia di Finanza uncovered 70 illegal betting collection points and reported 379 people. It also recorded €2.6m in unpaid single tax and €15.5m in PREU, while the report said the Customs and Monopolies Agency met its objectives and strengthened controls against illegal and underage gambling.
Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on 5 November that suspending betting would reduce projected Selective Tax revenue and require an adjustment to 2027 budget planning. The government collected R$15.3bn in sector taxes between January 2025 and September 2026, according to figures presented by the Federal Revenue Service. Congress must review the provisional measure within 120 days, with the deadline extending to 5 March 2027; otherwise, the measure will expire.
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva decided on 25 September to ban sports betting and online gaming, and this will reduce projected Selective Tax revenue next year. Finance Minister Dario Durigan announced this at a press conference on Thursday.
Brazil’s Federal Revenue Service recorded R$8.747bn in tax receipts from online betting and gaming in 2026. The report attributes the figure to the authority’s latest update.
Brazil’s regulated fixed-odds betting market generated R$20.07bn in gross gaming revenue during H1 2026, up 15.3% year on year. The report cited figures obtained through Brazil’s Access to Information Law and put social allocations from the sector at R$2.49bn.