The Dominican Senate’s Finance Commission is studying a bill covering authorisation and oversight of gambling and betting activities. Asonabade and Adobad support a national gambling directorate but warned that the current draft could distort competition, extend virtual gaming and create more than 150,000 lottery points.
The proposal could alter licensing authority and expand virtual gambling points nationwide.
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Brazil’s Ministry of Finance introduced mandatory warnings for fixed-odds betting advertising under measures issued in July 2026. The rules require one of three warnings to cover at least 10% of an advert and extend responsibility to parties producing, promoting, distributing or publishing betting marketing.
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance has confirmed measures requiring warnings in fixed-odds betting adverts and extending advertising responsibilities beyond operators. The measures are Portaria SPA/MF No 1.964 of 3 July 2026 and Interministerial Ordinance MF/SECOM/MJSP No 73 of 10 July 2026.
The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) identified 60,477 websites suspected of offering online betting in Brazil since monitoring began. Its LegitBet system found bonus offers, Pix payments or registration forms on 34,134 addresses, with data updated to 27 October; the figures count monitored entries and do not necessarily represent new sites.
Brazil’s Finance Ministry established the National Betting Systematisation Forum, or SINAPO, within the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting. The forum will coordinate information and regulatory practices between the federal government, states and the Federal District, with four ordinary meetings a year and no binding decision-making powers.
Brazil’s Finance Ministry has established the National Betting Systematisation Forum, SINAPO, to coordinate lottery regulation with states and the Federal District. Ordinance No 227, which established the forum, was published on 29 January.
Brazil’s Finance Ministry said it will publish more than 25,000 documents from completed fixed-odds betting authorisation processes. The ministry will redact personal and confidential information before publication and is working with the Comptroller General of the Union to prepare the files.
Brazil’s Finance Ministry said it will publish all completed authorisation proceedings for commercial fixed-odds betting, including sports betting. More than 25,000 documents will be made available on the ministry’s website.
Brazil’s government launched a national policy to prevent and combat sports-result manipulation after an interministerial ordinance was published on 2 April. Coordinated by the Ministry of Sport, the policy brings together the justice, finance and sport authorities and the Federal Police across regulation, prevention, monitoring, enforcement and repression.
Brazil's government has launched a national policy to prevent and combat the manipulation of sports results, following publication of an interministerial ordinance on 2 April. The Ministry of Sport will coordinate the policy, which involves the justice and finance ministries and the Federal Police.