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Brazil’s SPA plans API checks for legally barred betting users

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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.

Operators may need to adapt onboarding and data controls to screen users against legally defined betting restrictions.

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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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