Brazil's SPA-MF held the first ordinary meeting of SINAPO in Brasília with representatives from 15 states and the Federal District. The authority said a joint laboratory with Anatel had identified more than 41,000 illegal websites and was automating blocking.
Coordination between federal and state bodies could affect betting oversight and illegal-site blocking in Brazil.
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Brazil’s Ministry of Finance introduced mandatory warnings for fixed-odds betting advertising under measures issued in July 2026. The rules require one of three warnings to cover at least 10% of an advert and extend responsibility to parties producing, promoting, distributing or publishing betting marketing.
Brazil’s Finance Ministry said it will publish more than 25,000 documents from completed fixed-odds betting authorisation processes. The ministry will redact personal and confidential information before publication and is working with the Comptroller General of the Union to prepare the files.
An opinion column on a Brazilian betting industry site argued that the ban under Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 will push bettors towards illegal sites. The columnist said regulated operators provided identity checks, spending limits, self-exclusion and regulatory recourse, while citing an estimate that R$25bn a year could move to the illegal market.
Brazil's government banned betting under Provisional Measure 1.394, pushing gamblers towards unaccountable sites, an opinion column argues. The measure took the sector from a regulated market that paid taxes and authorisation fees to a ban in less than two months.
Brazilian lawmakers are considering a proposal to restore sports betting while keeping online casino prohibited as Congress reviews MP 1.394. Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux has frozen lower-court challenges to the measure, which revoked licences held by international operators including Flutter, Entain and Betsson.
Brazil’s fixed-odds betting prohibition ends payments to sports bodies from licensed operators, which allocated R$1.63bn to sport in 2025, according to data from the Finance Ministry’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting. The Ministry of Sport received R$1bn, while the Brazilian Olympic Committee and Brazilian Paralympic Committee received R$99.7m and R$58.9m respectively.
Brazil's ban on fixed-odds betting ends payments to sports bodies without providing another funding source, under a 2026 provisional measure. Licensed betting operators allocated R$1.63bn to sport in 2025, according to SPA data.