Brazil’s federal government is finalising a decree that would require betting sites and other specified digital services to verify users’ identities, with publication expected by the end of February. The proposed rules would reject self-declared ages and include safeguards for personal data; the text may still change.
Betting services may need identity-verification systems and data safeguards under the proposed decree.
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Brazil’s government is preparing a decree requiring platforms and app stores to verify users’ ages before allowing access to online gambling and other specified content, according to an official familiar with the discussions. The government aims to issue the measure by the end of February, but the draft is not final and remains under discussion.
A Paraíba state court judge ordered Pixbet’s platforms suspended on 22 August in a civil action seeking protections for children and teenagers from online betting, according to a media report. Reactivation depends on facial age verification, checks against under-18 CPF records and a judicial technical assessment; the sites and apps were still operating at 01:30 on 23 August. The action’s separate request to block R$1 billion remains pending, while R$1.1 billion had already been frozen in a federal police operation.
Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) is implementing an API to identify users legally barred from fixed-odds betting, including Bolsa Família beneficiaries, according to the report. The API is described as a required verification layer in onboarding and compliance processes, while the SPA is expected to set technical specifications for its use.
Cuiabá’s mayor said on 16 July that the city would prepare a decree restricting betting advertisements in public spaces; the proposal still requires legal review and publication. Aracaju has already enacted a ban on fixed-odds betting adverts in municipally managed public areas, with Emsurb responsible for enforcement.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is reportedly preparing a decree that would restrict gambling in Brazil, with publication expected in mid-May. The reported measures include barring participants in a debt-refinancing programme from betting and limiting marketing aimed at encouraging excessive gambling or targeting people with addiction; the decree’s details have not been shared.