Brazil’s Ministry of Finance gambling secretariat published an ordinance barring welfare recipients from gambling online, according to a report. The available report text gives no further details about the measure.
Operators serving Brazil may need to account for a restriction on welfare recipients gambling online.
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Brazil's Ministry of Finance is considering reducing or closing its Secretariat of Prizes and Betting if sports betting and online casinos are prohibited, according to a media report. Options include retaining basic functions to monitor illegal activity and lotteries or ending the secretariat. The report cites projected annual betting revenue of R$2.5bn that would be at risk under a ban; no prohibition has been enacted in the material.
Deposits with authorised betting operators in Brazil exceeded R$220bn in 2025. The report cited Finance Ministry data obtained through an access-to-information request.
Brazil’s finance ministry attributed a fall in direct betting irregularity notifications to changes in information sharing, citing figures obtained by Pay4Fun. Notifications fell from 91 in March 2026 to 11 in April and nine in May. The ministry said the decline did not necessarily indicate less illegal or suspicious activity.
Brazil's Ministry of Finance has released more than 2,000 pages of technical documents behind the authorisations granted to 85 fixed-odds betting companies, published by the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA). The ministry said further records will follow gradually after personal and confidential data is removed under the LGPD, with the CGU assisting the review. Minister Dario Durigan said the release shows the criteria used to assess applicants.
Brazil’s Finance Ministry said more than 5 million people were unable to bet online, including people restricted because of debt renegotiations, social benefits or self-exclusion. The ministry also said it had released more than 2,000 pages of technical documents underpinning licensing decisions, with further information to be published gradually.