Brazil’s Senate approved a 15% tax on player deposits, according to a report published on 12 December 2025. The measure is part of an anti-faction bill sent to the Chamber of Deputies, where the trade body IBJR has voiced opposition.
The proposed deposit tax could affect the costs faced by gambling operators in Brazil.
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IBJR president Carlos Lima said Brazil’s betting market could change permanently after a provisional measure revoked licences held by legal operators. He said delays in a Supreme Federal Court ruling on the measure could increase economic harm, including layoffs; some companies have already reduced their Brazilian teams, he added.
Brazil's regulated betting market may not return to its previous state after Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026 revoked the licences of licensed operators, according to Carlos Lima, president of the Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR). Lima, speaking in an interview with Folha de S. Paulo, said the sector is still hoping that Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Luiz Fux will suspend the measure in the coming days.
Brazil’s government used Instagram to urge citizens to contact Congress in support of continuing the online betting ban, which remains subject to parliamentary approval. The government wants the measure approved before 20 December, while lawmakers still need to form a committee to consider the text and 94 amendments. The Supreme Federal Court has scheduled a public hearing for 3 November; ANJL and IBJR challenge the measure, while the Attorney General’s Office supports its constitutionality.
Brazil's government has used Instagram to urge citizens to contact their representatives in the National Congress in support of maintaining the ban on online betting, which remains subject to parliamentary approval. The government said the ban already has immediate effect but needs parliamentary approval to remain in force. The government wants the measure approved before 20 December, Institutional Relations Minister José Guimarães said, adding that the executive does not intend to abandon its objective.
The IBJR said its monitoring and economic simulation identified 60,477 suspected betting sites in Brazil, with data updated to 27 October. It estimated annualised clandestine-market GGR at R$56bn, up from R$27.9bn, but said the 101% increase was a simulation rather than a direct market measurement. The report also said 85 federal authorisations covering 82 companies expired on 25 October after a 30-day period.
The Brazilian Responsible Gambling Institute (IBJR) said its LegitBet monitoring system identified 60,477 suspected betting sites operating in Brazil after the federal government's provisional measure banned fixed-odds betting. The institute estimated that the clandestine market may have grown 101% since 25 September, with data updated to 27 October, according to the IBJR.
The IBJR said its monitoring had identified 60,477 suspected betting addresses in Brazil since it began tracking them after the betting prohibition. Its LegitBet system found betting-operation indicators on 34,134 sites, while the IBJR noted that these were database entries, not necessarily newly created sites, and did not replace authority reviews.
The Brazilian Responsible Gambling Institute (IBJR) said its monitoring had identified 60,477 addresses suspected of offering betting since it began tracking them after betting was prohibited in Brazil. In 34,134 of those sites, the institute's LegitBet system found elements characteristic of betting operations, such as bonus offers, Pix payments and registration forms, according to the institute. The data was updated to Tuesday 27 October.
Brazil’s betting market is awaiting a decision by Supreme Federal Court Justice Luiz Fux on challenges to a government provisional measure banning sports betting, the IBJR said. The association’s president, Carlos Lima, said more than 3,500 people had lost jobs since the measure was signed on 25 September. The Finance Ministry had not formally issued the planned cancellation of operators’ authorisations; it said remaining obligations run until 15 December 2026.
Brazil's betting market is waiting for a decision by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Luiz Fux, the rapporteur of cases challenging a provisional measure signed by the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that bans sports betting in the country, the IBJR said. The association's president, Carlos Lima, said more than 3,500 people have lost jobs in the sector since the measure was signed on 25 September. The Finance Ministry has not formally issued the cancellation of operators' authorisations, which had been expected on 25 October.