Brazil’s Joint Committee on Provisional Measure 1303/2025 was due to vote on 30 September on a report proposing to raise taxation on betting companies’ revenue from 12% to 18%. If approved by the committee, the measure would proceed to the Chamber of Deputies and then the Federal Senate.
The proposed increase would raise the tax burden on betting companies operating in Brazil.
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Brazilian Federal Supreme Court president Edson Fachin said the court could combine cases on online betting, municipal lotteries and the prohibition of games, but no trial date has been set. Justice Flávio Dino proposed grouping the proceedings, while Fachin had initially favoured separate hearings; Justice Luiz Fux said he needed more time to complete part of his opinion on betting cases.
Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) president Justice Edson Fachin indicated that the court could assess jointly the cases on online betting regulation, municipal lotteries and the prohibition of games. The possibility was raised during a plenary session, and no date has been set for the trial.
Brazil’s National Congress appointed members on 30 September to a joint committee examining Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which would prohibit fixed-odds betting operations, offers, intermediation and advertising. A Chamber of Deputies technical note said the government did not explain the assumptions and methodology behind its projected revenue losses; the committee’s installation date remains undecided.
Federal prosecutor Fabiano de Moraes proposed increasing the share of fixed-odds betting tax revenue allocated to Brazil’s public health system during a public hearing in the Chamber of Deputies. The system currently receives 1% of online gambling revenue; Moraes argued that a larger allocation should fund prevention and treatment related to gambling problems.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sanctioned Complementary Law 224, raising the tax rate on betting gross revenue from 12% to 15% by 2028, the report says. The law takes effect in 2026 and makes financial and payment institutions jointly liable for taxes if, after formal notice, they allow transactions with unauthorised betting operators. The Finance Ministry is responsible for regulating those provisions.
Brazilian congressional leaders and the government were discussing whether to add higher taxes on betting companies and fintechs to a bill reducing tax benefits, according to the report. A Senate committee-approved proposal would raise the tax on betting companies’ gross revenue from 12% to 15% next year and 18% from 2028; the article said the bill’s rapporteur had not disclosed his plans. The proposal remained under negotiation.