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Brazil’s SPA proposes national betting system with states and federal district

Regulation

Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA-MF) proposed a National Betting System involving all states and the Federal District. SPA-MF secretary Regis Dudena invited them to a meeting in Brasília on 4 April to discuss the proposal, which is listed as project 08 in the authority’s 2025/2026 regulatory agenda and is open for public consultation.

The proposal could establish shared national standards for betting regulation, responsible gambling and integrity controls.

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Federal District police launch illegal betting operation after SPA referrals

Brazil’s Federal District Civil Police launched Operation Azzardo on 5 November, following communications from the Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting about five months earlier. The investigation led to the blocking of just over R$ 3.4 billion in an alleged illegal betting scheme; ANJL said a fintech had moved about R$ 1 billion for the group. The association cited the operation as evidence of the scale of Brazil’s illegal betting market.

On 5 November, the Federal District Civil Police in Brazil carried out Operation Azzardo, an action against an alleged illegal betting scheme. The operation against the scheme ended with the blocking of a little more than R$3.4bn, according to the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL). ANJL said the action was made possible by communications the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) of the Ministry of Finance sent to the Federal District Civil Police about five months earlier.

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