Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting issued two ordinances on 12 August 2025 updating betting-brand registrations. One changes the brands listed under an earlier ordinance to Arenaplus, Gameplus and Bingoplus; the other lists EstrelaBet and Vupi, based on updated administrative records.
The ordinances update the brand registrations recorded for betting-sector administrative processes in Brazil.
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Stellar Gaming, which operates the EstrelaBet and Vupi brands, confirmed on 14 October that it had laid off employees following Brazil’s betting ban.
Stellar Gaming confirmed employee dismissals on 14 October in connection with Brazil's Provisional Measure No. 1.394/2026. The group operates the EstrelaBet and Vupi brands.
EstrelaBet announced that it has joined Stellar Gaming, a holding formed by the company’s founders that also brings together VUPI’s operations. The companies said the structure is intended to support collaboration while maintaining each brand’s identity.
Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office has sued 17 betting companies in the Federal Court of Pernambuco, seeking reimbursement for costs to the Public Health System and at least BRL1 billion for collective moral damages. The AGU estimates healthcare-related damages at about BRL2.6 billion; the companies named represent around 80% of the market, according to the government.
A case has been brought before the Federal Court of Pernambuco by Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) targeting 17 betting operators. The office is pursuing redress for harm done to the Public Health System (SUS), together with a request for no less than BRL1bn in collective moral damages. Healthcare-related losses are put by the AGU at roughly BRL2.6bn ($444.3m). No precise reimbursement figure appears in the filing; the office wants that sum worked out at a later stage.
Brazilian cities including Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro have laws restricting betting advertising in public spaces. Stellar Gaming CBO Fellipe Fraga argued that restrictions aimed only at licensed operators could strengthen illegal platforms, which he said lack tax and consumer-protection obligations; federal rules in force since 2025 require identity checks and responsible-gambling measures.