SectorWire
SearchGet the daily briefing
Menu

Brazilian government prepares age-verification decree covering online betting

Regulation

Brazil’s federal government prepared a draft decree that would require age checks for access to online betting and other specified content. The proposal would bar reliance on users’ self-reported ages and provide for an official verification mechanism; the report said the government planned to enact it by the end of February.

Betting websites could face new age-verification requirements if the draft decree takes effect.

Request a correction

Keep reading

Regulation

Brazil’s justice ministry classifies betting ban documents as secret for five years

Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security classified documents underlying Provisional Measure 1,394/2026 as secret for five years. The measure prohibits online betting activity and advertising in Brazil; the ministry cited risks to public safety and financial stability, while the presidential chief of staff separately invoked lawyer-client confidentiality to deny access. Betting-industry executive Fellipe Fraga expressed concern about the secrecy.

Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security classified as secret for five years the documents underpinning Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which prohibited the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of online betting in Brazil. The classification term was signed on 24 September, a day before the measure was issued. A request for access to the material under the Access to Information Law was refused because of the secrecy, according to the report.

Continue reading