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Brazil’s SPA consults on assessing betting supplier capacity

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Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting opened a public consultation on rules for recognising the operational capacity of suppliers serving licensed fixed-odds betting operators. The 45-day consultation runs from 4 February to 23 March 2026, with submissions accepted through the Brasil Participativo portal. The SPA said it will review contributions before announcing the technical analysis later.

The proposed assessment rules could affect which suppliers can serve licensed fixed-odds betting operators in Brazil.

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Brazil’s SPA says it had no impact study before betting ban

Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting said it had found no studies assessing the effects of banning fixed-odds betting, online games or sector advertising. The Finance Ministry gave that response on 24 September 2026, less than a day before the government issued Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which prohibited sports betting, online casinos and related advertising nationwide.

Brazil's Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) told a freedom-of-information request on 24 September 2026 that it had no study on the impact of banning fixed-odds betting. Less than 24 hours later, the government issued Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which banned sports betting, online casinos and sector advertising across the country.

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