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Brazil’s SPA requires betting operators to identify rights beneficiaries before offering competitions

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Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) told authorised sports betting operators that competitions must not be offered for betting until beneficiaries of image and intellectual property rights payments are identified and allocation criteria and payment methods are set. A circular sent to operators sets out the requirements, and the SPA said its inspection units are continuously monitoring compliance.

Operators must establish beneficiaries and payment arrangements before making competitions available for betting.

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Brazilian finance minister removes betting revenue estimate from 2027 budget proposal

Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on 5 November that the federal revenue estimate from betting would be removed from the 2027 budget proposal, with losses expected to be offset elsewhere in the economy. He estimated that about R$60bn a year would shift from betting to sectors such as retail and wholesale; the report disputes that figure, citing official data of R$36.9bn in operator gross gaming revenue in 2025 and R$20.07bn in the first half of 2026.

Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan said in an interview on Thursday that the estimate of federal revenue from betting houses would be removed from the 2027 annual budget bill, known as the Ploa. According to the minister, the loss will be offset in other areas of the economy.

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