Esportes Gaming Brasil announced Andréa Curral as its new marketing director. The company said she will lead brand, media, communications, campaigns and sponsorship strategy across the group, which owns Esportes da Sorte, Onabet and Lottu.
The appointment places Curral in charge of marketing and sponsorship strategy across the group’s gambling brands.
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Hugo Baungartner announced that he had left Esportes Gaming Brasil after 13 months, according to a statement he shared on LinkedIn. He had joined as chief business officer in May 2025; the group had not announced a successor or his next role.
Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office has sued 17 betting companies in the Federal Court of Pernambuco, seeking reimbursement for costs to the Public Health System and at least BRL1 billion for collective moral damages. The AGU estimates healthcare-related damages at about BRL2.6 billion; the companies named represent around 80% of the market, according to the government.
A case has been brought before the Federal Court of Pernambuco by Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) targeting 17 betting operators. The office is pursuing redress for harm done to the Public Health System (SUS), together with a request for no less than BRL1bn in collective moral damages. Healthcare-related losses are put by the AGU at roughly BRL2.6bn ($444.3m). No precise reimbursement figure appears in the filing; the office wants that sum worked out at a later stage.
At least 1,138 ads from Brazil’s ten largest online betting firms remained active across Meta platforms on 6 July 2026, according to a review of the platform’s Ad Library. The firms did not disclose campaign spending or audience profiles, limiting independent checks on whether the ads excluded under-18s as required by law.
HS Gaming Participações, a subsidiary of Esportes Gaming Brasil, is seeking to acquire Apostou.com in Brazil, with the transaction under review by CADE under Public Notice No. 464. The deal would give Esportes da Sorte Group control of the operator of BETBR Loterias and its B1BET and BRBET brands.
SOFTSWISS provided its Game Aggregator for Lottu’s launch in Brazil, the companies said in an interview. Lottu’s chief business officer said work on the casino environment began on 5 August, provider enablement started on 14 August, a soft launch followed that month and the official launch took place in September.