Lottopar received Level I certification in preventing money laundering and terrorist financing from CIBELAE at its international seminar in Foz do Iguaçu. The Paraná lottery said its compliance commission developed and applied the required technical measures.
The certification recognises Lottopar’s anti-money-laundering controls, which its concession tenders require operators to maintain.
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Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the Finance Ministry’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting signed a technical cooperation agreement to monitor and combat money laundering in the betting market. Published on 6 November after signing on 30 October, it brings the secretariat into the Rede-Lab programme and provides for shared methods, technology and staff training. The agreement runs for 60 months from signing, with possible extension.
Lottopar published an anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism-financing manual for authorised lottery operators and public servants in Paraná. The guidance sets out operational procedures, suspicious-transaction reporting to COAF, internal controls and compliance measures under Portaria 028/2025.
Paraná’s lottery authority Lottopar issued Ordinance 28/2025, extending anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing requirements to all authorised lottery formats in the state. Concessionaires must maintain public, updated policies, assess risks, train staff and report suspicious transactions to Coaf in real time; Coaf provided technical input.
BMM Testlabs says the Loteria do Estado de Minas Gerais approved and accredited it as a testing and certification laboratory in the Brazilian state. The company says this is its fifth Brazilian jurisdiction authorised to test and certify fixed-odds iGaming and sports betting products.
Brazil’s Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) found significant governance and coordination weaknesses in public bodies’ controls against money laundering through online betting, according to its audit. The review covered oversight of illegal operators and reported R$38bn in gross revenue for the sector in the first half of 2025.