Brazil’s Finance Ministry reported BRL3.8 billion in gambling tax revenue for the first half of 2025. June receipts were BRL764 million, down from BRL814 million in May; gambling lawyer Udo Seckelmann said he expects revenue to rise as the regulatory framework is implemented.
The revenue figures give operators and investors a measure of tax collected in Brazil’s regulated betting market.
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Brazil collected R$8.75bn in gambling and betting taxes between January and July 2026, according to Receita Federal figures. Receipts increased 76.86% against the same period in 2025. The total includes betting, Caixa lotteries and associated federal taxes.
Brazil's Federal Revenue Service collected BRL4.586bn ($886.2m) in betting taxes between January and April 2026, almost double the BRL2.283bn in the same period of 2025, according to figures cited in an article by Alex W. Pariente. The revenue came from 87 licensed operators, up from 49 at the start of the market's first full year, while independent estimates cited in the report put illegal betting at 41% to 51% of total activity.
Reportedly, Brazil’s federal government received BRL4.17bn in betting taxes during Q1. The Federal Revenue Service supplied the figures using official tax collection records covering January to March.
Brazil collected close to BRL10bn in tax revenue from the licensed betting sector in 2025, according to the Federal Revenue Service. The service said the figure had risen from BRL91m and reflected the launch of the regulated market.
Brazil’s Receita Federal reported that the government collected about USD 1.4bn in taxes from gambling and betting between January and June 2026. The figure was 83% higher than in the same period a year earlier; June alone brought in about BRL 1.3bn from sector companies. The totals include taxes beyond the levy on betting operators’ gross gaming revenue.