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Brazil’s SPA reports 25 million users in regulated betting market

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Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting reported more than 25 million unique CPF records on legal betting platforms in 2025. Its figures put gross gaming revenue above R$36.1 billion and show R$4.53 billion allocated to social initiatives, including R$1.62 billion for sport, R$1.26 billion for tourism and R$610 million for public security.

The regulator’s figures give operators and investors measures of market participation, revenue and social-sector allocations.

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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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