Brazilian authorities said financial and payment institutions closed 550 bank accounts during 2025, with nearly half linked to unauthorised betting operators. Since the regulations took effect, the SPA has blocked more than 25,000 illegal websites in coordination with Anatel.
The closures and website blocks show how Brazil is targeting financial channels and access to unauthorised betting sites.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Not stated | Brazilian authorities block more than 25,000 illegal betting sites in 2025 | Not stated | |
| Pay4Fun | Not stated | Brazil’s SPA blocks 19,180 URLs linked to illegal betting | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Brazilian court ruling puts operator responsible-gambling monitoring under scrutiny | Not stated |
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Brazilian authorities are examining around 40 online gambling accounts for suspected links to money laundering and organised crime. Authorities identified the accounts during efforts to return player money after a nationwide online betting shutdown. Finance Minister Dario Durigan said some balances exceeded R$500,000.
Brazilian authorities are examining around 40 high-value online gambling accounts for suspected links to money laundering and organised crime, according to Finance Minister Dario Durigan. The accounts were identified during work to return player funds held by operators after the country's online betting shutdown. No account holders have been publicly identified and no formal criminal charges have been announced.
São Paulo Civil Police are investigating former Banco Master employee André Felipe de Oliveira Seixas Maia over suspected money laundering through illegal betting platforms, according to the report. Police allege that Silium, a payments intermediary in which Maia was identified as a leading partner, managed accounts for shell companies that handled betting deposits. The investigation remains confidential.
Brazilian federal deputy Jorge Goetten introduced Bill 5.587/2026, which would let bettors seek reimbursement for net losses on unauthorised fixed-odds platforms, as reported by Congress in Focus. The proposal would keep primary liability with the betting company but could extend it to financial institutions that failed to prevent the transactions; it awaits referral to committees in the Chamber of Deputies.
Brazil’s SPA has issued an ordinance setting rules for banks to block accounts belonging to unauthorised betting operators. The measure also specifies indicators of fraudulent transactions.
Brazil's Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA), part of the Ministry of Finance, has published Ordinance SPA/MF No. 2.750, which sets out how banks, payment institutions and payment arrangement providers must identify, block and report transactions linked to unauthorised fixed-odds betting operators. The ordinance was signed by SPA secretary Daniele Correa Cardoso on 10 September 2026 and published in the Official Gazette on Monday 14 September, according to the ministry. It replaces Ordinance SPA/MF No. 566 of 20 March 2025, which addressed the same subject in more general terms.
Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan called on the Central Bank to respond more quickly to the use of fintechs for money laundering and processing funds from illegal betting, according to a radio interview on 9 July 2026. Durigan blamed gaps in supervision under former central bank president Roberto Campos Neto, who did not respond to a request for comment. The report also reports that new minimum-capital requirements are being phased in through December 2027.