Brazil’s Ministry of Finance betting-management system, SIGAP, reported 1,793,348 registered betting accounts in Rio de Janeiro in March. The country recorded 9,562,818 people who placed bets during the month, while São Paulo had 715,256 registered accounts.
The regulator’s figures show the distribution of registered betting activity across Brazil’s largest cities.
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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.
The IBJR said its monitoring had identified 60,477 suspected betting addresses in Brazil since it began tracking them after the betting prohibition. Its LegitBet system found betting-operation indicators on 34,134 sites, while the IBJR noted that these were database entries, not necessarily newly created sites, and did not replace authority reviews.
The Brazilian Responsible Gambling Institute (IBJR) said its monitoring had identified 60,477 addresses suspected of offering betting since it began tracking them after betting was prohibited in Brazil. In 34,134 of those sites, the institute's LegitBet system found elements characteristic of betting operations, such as bonus offers, Pix payments and registration forms, according to the institute. The data was updated to Tuesday 27 October.
Brazil's ban on fixed-odds betting could remove up to R$18bn in transfers to the legal beneficiaries defined by Law 14.790/2023 by the end of the five-year authorisations in 2029. The GGR contribution raised R$6.64bn over 17 months of the regulated market, and the loss is projected at R$16bn, or R$18bn with the rates already approved for 2027 and 2028. The SPA/MF figures cover net collections from January 2024 to June 2026 and transfers from February 2025 to June 2026.
Brazil's ban on fixed-odds betting could remove up to R$18bn in transfers to the legal beneficiaries defined by Law 14.790/2023 by the end of the five-year authorisations in 2029, according to figures obtained from the Treasury via freedom-of-information request and. The measure interrupting the flow is Provisional Measure (MP) No. 1.394/2026, published on 25 September.
Reportedly, the bank deadline to return balances from platforms closed by MP 1.394/2026 ended on 14 October. Caixa Econômica Federal was due to handle amounts not yet transferred from 15 October; by the morning of 15 October, the government had not released a consolidated tally. Its latest figures showed R$ 159 million pending, while eight companies had not sent banks all the information needed for refunds.
Caixa Econômica Federal took responsibility on 15 October for returning balances that had not reached bettors from platforms closed under MP 1.394/2026, after the banks' deadline ended on 14 October. By the morning of 15 October the government had not released a consolidated tally of the operation, according to the report.
Brazil's Finance Ministry is investigating 14 betting and online gaming companies over suspected revenue-reporting irregularities, the report said. Blaze may have underpaid up to R$96.1 million in taxes and required transfers, an estimate that is not an established debt; the company said it follows applicable rules and will provide information to authorities. The SPA confirmed that sector inspections are continuing.