NielsenIQ’s survey found that 26.3% of Brazilian households had participated in at least one form of betting in 2025. It reported that 10% of households reduced essential spending because of betting, and that food spending was affected in 47% of those cases.
The survey’s household-spending findings offer operators and suppliers evidence on betting participation and reported budget trade-offs.
The day’s most important stories, free. One email a day.
A Nexus poll commissioned by Brazil's ANJL found the ban on betting converted few voters and pushed about one in five former bettors to illegal sites. It said 38% of Brazilians favour resuming betting under stricter rules or the previous regime.
A poll by Nexus, commissioned by the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL), found that Brazil's ban on betting changed the vote of about 1% of the electorate in the first round and that roughly one in five former bettors moved to sites still operating. The survey was published on 23 October, four days before the second round, according to the report.
Voters in Brazil perceive a political bias in the government's move to ban online betting sites. The ban is among the measures most frequently cited by Brazilians who believe an electoral motive lies behind it.
Brazilians who see an electoral motive behind recent federal government announcements most often cite the ban on online betting platforms among the measures involved, according to the report.
A Sebrae survey found that 66% of owners of micro and small businesses support banning betting in Brazil. It also found that 26% of respondents linked online betting to lower business revenue over the previous 12 months, while 48% identified at least one consumer-behaviour change they associated with betting. Sebrae said the survey covered 1,028 business representatives.
A Datafolha survey in Brazil found that 78% of respondents supported prohibiting online casinos and betting, while 18% opposed a ban and 4% gave no opinion. Datafolha surveyed 2,506 people across 152 municipalities from 28 August to 1 September, shortly after the government announced a provisional measure; the findings also showed 18% had personal or household exposure to online betting.
A Palver survey in Brazil found that 65% of respondents supported fixed-odds betting, while 1% said the ban could change their presidential vote. Conducted online from 24 to 27 September, the survey also found that 52% said the measure would not affect their vote; some responses preceded the government’s announcement on 25 September.