A Genial/Quaest poll published on 14 October found that 72% of respondents supported banning sports betting and online casinos in Brazil. The result was 10 percentage points higher than in the previous survey in September; 21% opposed the measure and 7% did not answer or had no opinion.
The result measures public support for a prohibition affecting sports betting and online casino operators in Brazil.
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Quaest will publish a poll on 21 October asking voters whether the government's measures to ban betting influenced their choice in the presidential runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro. The survey, commissioned by Editora Globo and TV Globo, covers 2,154 in-person interviews conducted 17-20 October with a two-point margin of error. A 14 October poll found 64% of respondents aware of the betting ban approved it.
Quaest will publish a poll on 21 October asking voters in the presidential runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro whether the government's measures to ban betting influenced their vote. The poll is due at 10:15 local time, according to the report.
A More in Common survey conducted with Ipsos-Ipec found that 51% of Brazilians viewed influencers promoting betting negatively, according to a report published on 30 July. The survey found 9% viewed them positively and 19% neutrally; 40% said such advertising reduced or undermined their trust in celebrities, influencers and athletes. ANJL president Plínio Lemos Jorge said the public should distinguish promoters of authorised operators from those advertising illegal platforms.
PiniOn said 25.2% of Brazilians surveyed planned to bet during the 2026 World Cup, while 23.1% had not decided. Among those intending to bet, 52% named Betano, 38.2% Bet365 and 29.4% Superbet; 31.4% had not set a budget and 46.2% planned to spend up to R$500.
A poll found 62% support for Brazil's betting ban. The outlet also reported that Polymarket assigned Flávio Bolsonaro a 58% probability of winning the forthcoming presidential election.
According to a new Quaest survey, 62% of voters in the country back the provisional measure that bans betting online. That poll appeared only nine days ahead of the presidential vote. Provisional Measure 1,394 was signed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on 25 September, and the first round of the election followed on 4 October.
A Nexus poll commissioned by the ANJL found that 77% of Brazilian voters say the ban on legalised betting will not influence their vote in the presidential run-off. Only 9% named betting as the most important issue, according to the survey of 2,000 people aged over 16, conducted 18–21 October with a two-point margin of error.
A poll by Nexus, commissioned by the Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL), found that 77% of Brazilian voters said the ban on legalised betting would not influence their vote in the presidential run-off, scheduled for Sunday 25 October. The survey also found that 9% of respondents named betting as the most important issue when deciding their vote for president.