Brazil establishes national policy to prevent and combat sports manipulation
Brazil’s ministries of sport, finance and justice established a national policy to prevent and combat manipulation of sports results through an interministerial decree, published on 2 April 2026 and effective from 31 March. The framework covers regulation, prevention, monitoring and enforcement, including betting-operator good practices; the finance ministry will oversee fixed-odds betting.
The policy assigns the finance ministry oversight of fixed-odds betting and calls for operator controls against sports manipulation.