Natal's mayor enacted a municipal policy to prevent and address harm associated with sports betting after the city council approved it. The law requires risk warnings at sports venues and in print and electronic betting advertisements in the city, and took effect upon publication.
Operators and advertisers in Natal must include warnings under the city's new sports betting policy.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva convened ministers in Brasília on 18 August to discuss sports betting and the expiry of a separate tax measure, according to the report. Lula has publicly supported ending sports betting, while the government has introduced advertising warning requirements for betting companies. The meeting’s outcome was not stated.
Brazil's Ministry of Sports, through its National Secretariat for Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport, launched a manual on preventing and combating manipulation of sports results. The guide covers fraud methods, suspicious betting patterns, athlete and referee training, ethics codes, monitoring and reporting channels; the ministry said it was prepared by an interinstitutional working group.
Brazil’s government has established a national policy to strengthen the integrity of sports competitions, according to a report. The available report text provides no details on the policy’s measures or implementation.
Brazil’s ministries of Sports, Treasury and Justice established a national policy to prevent and combat manipulation of sports results through an ordinance dated 25 March 2026. It requires authorised betting operators to detect unusual betting patterns and promptly report suspected manipulation, while assigning the Federal Police investigations with interstate or international reach.
A Brazilian interministerial working group met on 22 January to discuss an ordinance for a proposed National Policy to Combat the Manipulation of Sports Results. Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport Secretary Giovanni Rocco said the policy would coordinate work by the justice, finance and sport ministries to address match-fixing.