Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved the anti-crime bill without the proposed CIDE-Bets levy on online sports betting. The Senate-backed measure would have imposed a 15% contribution for the National Public Security Fund; the bill now goes to the president for sanction.
Removing the levy leaves online betting operators outside this proposed 15% contribution, pending presidential action on the bill.
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Brazil’s Senate approved a revised organised-crime bill on 10 December by 64 votes to none, and the proposal returns to the Chamber of Deputies because senators changed it. The text proposes a 15% CIDE-Bets levy on transfers by sports bettors to platforms, with an estimate of about R$30bn; at least 60% of the funds would go to states through public-security funds. The lower house will decide whether to accept the changes.
Brazil’s National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) criticised a report on Bill 5.582/2025 proposing a 15% CIDE-Bets charge on sports-betting deposits. The association called for consultation with the sector and argued that taxing deposits could push customers towards illegal operators; it said existing GGR tax revenue could help fund public security instead.
Senator Alessandro Vieira presented a report proposing a 15% CIDE-Bets contribution on transfers by individuals to fixed-odds betting platforms in Brazil. The proposal would have financial institutions withhold the levy when funds are transferred, with proceeds directed to the National Public Security Fund after collection costs; the Senate Constitution and Justice Committee was due to examine it on 3 December.
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies removed the proposed CIDE-Apostas levy from the Anti-Faction Bill when it approved the text on 24 February. The 15% tax, previously approved by the Senate in December 2025, will be pursued in a separate bill; the approved text now goes to the president for signature.
Brazilian senator Alessandro Vieira said he is developing a proposal for a new fund to combat organised crime, financed by a contribution on online betting companies. He said the fund would be managed jointly by federal and state governments, with allocations set by law for crime-fighting, prisons, intelligence and police operations.