A bill filed in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies on 22 December 2025 proposes a specific criminal offence for manipulating bets or actions that affect sports results. Congressman Coronel Chrisóstomo authored the measure, which would amend the General Sports Law; it must pass both the Chamber and Senate to take effect.
The proposal could create specific criminal liability for conduct that manipulates sports bets and results.
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Brazil’s government is holding its second National Technical Meeting on Combating the Manipulation of Sports Results in Brasília from 28 to 30 April. The programme covers prevention, regulation, monitoring and investigation, while a national policy formalised by a 2026 interministerial decree sets out the state’s response across those areas.
Brazil’s ministries of sport, finance and justice established a national policy to prevent and combat manipulation of sports results through an interministerial decree, published on 2 April 2026 and effective from 31 March. The framework covers regulation, prevention, monitoring and enforcement, including betting-operator good practices; the finance ministry will oversee fixed-odds betting.
Brazil’s ministries of Sports, Treasury and Justice established a national policy to prevent and combat manipulation of sports results through an ordinance dated 25 March 2026. It requires authorised betting operators to detect unusual betting patterns and promptly report suspected manipulation, while assigning the Federal Police investigations with interstate or international reach.
A Brazilian interministerial working group met on 22 January to discuss an ordinance for a proposed National Policy to Combat the Manipulation of Sports Results. Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport Secretary Giovanni Rocco said the policy would coordinate work by the justice, finance and sport ministries to address match-fixing.
A Brazilian parliamentary inquiry into match-fixing proposed three bills, including tougher penalties for fraudulent sporting results and restrictions on prop bets. Senator Romário’s closing report said it found a pattern of criminal activity and proposed defining betting-market fraud as a crime; the commission was due to vote on the report on Wednesday before forwarding its documents to federal investigators and prosecutors.