Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan said the government plans measures to curb betting-platform design patterns that may encourage compulsive behaviour. The scope and legal instruments remain undefined, according to his remarks; he also said more than 1.2 million people had used the Gov.br self-exclusion system.
New design rules could require betting operators to change how their platforms are built.
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Brazil’s Planning Ministry, Federal Revenue study centre and Civil Office reportedly disclosed that they had no impact study or estimate on the betting prohibition. The responses covered assessments of the policy and, in the Revenue centre’s case, documents produced after the measure was published.
Brazil's Planning Ministry, the Federal Revenue's tax and customs studies centre (CETAD) and the Civil Office of the Presidency did not present any study, technical note or impact estimate of the betting prohibition, according to the report. Their responses came to freedom-of-information requests that were filed on 20 September.
Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on 5 November that the federal revenue estimate from betting would be removed from the 2027 budget proposal, with losses expected to be offset elsewhere in the economy. He estimated that about R$60bn a year would shift from betting to sectors such as retail and wholesale; the report disputes that figure, citing official data of R$36.9bn in operator gross gaming revenue in 2025 and R$20.07bn in the first half of 2026.
Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan said in an interview on Thursday that the estimate of federal revenue from betting houses would be removed from the 2027 annual budget bill, known as the Ploa. According to the minister, the loss will be offset in other areas of the economy.
Brazil’s MP 1,394/2026 prohibits fixed-odds betting, according to a report discussing the measure and its effects on licensed operators. The report says 85 operators paid R$30 million each for five-year authorisations, totalling R$2.55 billion, and that the government will not refund fees for unused periods. Finance Minister Dario Durigan said investors would have predictability in Brazil.
Brazil's government has prohibited fixed-odds betting through MP 1,394/2026, according to the report. The measure ends authorisations that had been active for 22 months. The government will not refund the authorisation fees or the portion covering the remaining period, the report says.
Brazil's Finance and Sports ministries gave the Supreme Federal Court differing views on Minas Gerais' decree restricting betting advertising on state property and at events promoted or supported by the state. Both said a later provisional measure had made the case moot; Finance argued the decree may intrude on federal powers, while Sports defended state administrative autonomy.
Brazil's Finance Ministry and Sports Ministry have given the Supreme Federal Court differing views on a Minas Gerais state decree that restricts betting advertising, according to the two submissions in ADI 8014. Both ministries told the rapporteur, Justice Flávio Dino, that Provisional Measure 1.394 of 25 September 2026, which banned betting nationwide, had removed the basis of the case. They disagree on the merits: Finance argued the decree may intrude on federal legislative powers, while Sports said it can be preserved as an exercise of the state's administrative autonomy.
A poll commissioned by ANJL and conducted by Nexus found that 59% of respondents support Brazil's betting ban, but only about 1% of the electorate changed candidate because of it. The survey of 2,000 people was carried out by telephone from 18 to 21 October, with a two-point margin of error. It also found that one in five former bettors still plays on sites that remain online.
A poll commissioned by the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL) and carried out by Nexus – Pesquisa e Inteligência de Dados found that 59% of respondents support Brazil's betting ban, but that only about 1% of the electorate changed candidate because of it. The survey, titled "Impacto das Bets nas eleições presidenciais", was conducted by telephone between 18 and 21 October with 2,000 people aged 16 and over, with a margin of error of two percentage points and a 95% confidence level. Neale El-Dash was the statistician responsible.