Brazil’s Ministry of Finance changed tax-collection rules for fixed-odds betting operators in Portaria SPA/MF 784, published on 23 March. The measure makes revenue code 9197 the required code for specified social-security contributions paid through DARF and takes effect on 1 April 2026. It also revokes Portaria SPA/MF 2.219.
Operators must use the new DARF code for the specified contributions from 1 April.
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Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting at the Ministry of Finance established revenue code 5862 for fixed-odds betting operators paying amounts allocated to the Federal Police fund, under Portaria SPA/MF No. 1,287 published on 8 May 2026. The measure amends an earlier rule and requires operators to use the code when paying through DARF; the portaria also revokes Portaria SPA/MF No. 784.
Brazil’s Central Bank issued Resolution No. 561/2026, requiring international transactions connected to betting activities to use classification code 34045 from 1 October 2026. The rules also cap certain eFX payments at USD 10,000, prohibit virtual assets in specified transfers and set reporting and registration requirements for institutions.
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 deputy prosecutor-general Luiz Augusto Santos Lima said at an STF public hearing on 3 November that the prosecutor-general had not yet reviewed the case challenging the provisional measure on fixed-odds betting. Justice Luiz Fux said the court could return the issue to the legislative and executive branches, and noted that the STF would need to consider eight constitutional actions if asked to rule.
Brazil's Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR) did not state a position on the provisional measure that banned fixed-odds betting in the country. This came at the end of a public hearing convened by Justice Luiz Fux of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) on 3 November. Deputy prosecutor-general Luiz Augusto Santos Lima said the prosecutor-general had not yet reviewed the case challenging the measure.
Brazil’s Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 prohibits fixed-odds betting and related advertising, marketing and sponsorship, according to an opinion article. It requires advertising and sponsorship materials to be removed within ten days of publication and operators’ existing authorisations to end after 30 days. The article says the changes raise questions about existing commercial contracts.
Brazil's Provisional Measure 1.394 of 25 September 2026 prohibits fixed-odds betting in the country, according to an opinion article. The article was written by Marcos Paulo de Castro Pereira, a lawyer at Ciscato Advogados Associados.