Brazil provisional measure bans fixed-odds betting as IBIA warns of integrity data gap
Regulation · SectorWire deskSource published 2 min read
In brief
- A provisional measure published on 25 September banned fixed-odds betting in Brazil.
- The IBIA said the ban dismantled match-fixing monitoring coordinated by the SPA/MF.
- The IBIA estimates about R$25bn in betting volume could move to illegal platforms.
- Brazil recorded 25 suspicious-betting alerts in the first licensed year, the IBIA said.
A provisional measure published on 25 September banned fixed-odds betting in Brazil, according to a technical report by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). The IBIA said the ban immediately dismantled the infrastructure for combating the manipulation of sports results in the country. The report was obtained by Diogo Dantas of Globo Online, which reported the measure.
The IBIA is a global non-profit organisation maintained by more than 90 licensed operators and monitors more than 1.5 million sports events a year. According to the association, the end of federal authorisations and the interruption of the regulated model removed the oversight instruments coordinated by the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting of the Ministry of Finance (SPA/MF), producing a data blackout at the moment when Brazil's integrity ecosystem had reached its highest level of diagnostic precision.
The report states that the prohibition does not eliminate bettor demand. Based on projections by consultancy H2 Gambling Capital, the IBIA estimates that about R$25bn in betting volume is expected to move to illegal, unlicensed platforms.
The IBIA said the rise in suspicious-betting alerts recorded in 2025 did not indicate an expansion of corruption but the efficiency of the new detection mechanisms required of licensed companies. In the period without federal rules, between 2021 and 2024, Brazil recorded an average of 11 alerts a year: 11 in 2021, 14 in 2022, 11 in 2023 and seven in 2024. In the first year of licensed operation, with mandatory identity verification by facial recognition (KYC), a requirement to report suspicions to the SPA/MF and integration with international monitoring bodies, the number rose to 25, according to the IBIA.
From 2021 to 2025, football accounted for 51 of the 68 alerts recorded in Brazil, according to the IBIA. The remainder were distributed among basketball with six alerts, tennis with six, futsal with one, snooker with one, table tennis with one, volleyball with one and beach volleyball with one.
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