SBC announced a partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR) ahead of SBC Summit Rio, scheduled for 3–5 March 2026. The organisations said the agreement would bring responsible gambling and market governance into the event's discussions in Rio de Janeiro.
The partnership gives responsible gambling and market governance a defined place in discussions at the Brazil industry event.
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The IBJR said its monitoring had identified 60,477 suspected betting addresses in Brazil since it began tracking them after the betting prohibition. Its LegitBet system found betting-operation indicators on 34,134 sites, while the IBJR noted that these were database entries, not necessarily newly created sites, and did not replace authority reviews.
The Brazilian Responsible Gambling Institute (IBJR) said its monitoring had identified 60,477 addresses suspected of offering betting since it began tracking them after betting was prohibited in Brazil. In 34,134 of those sites, the institute's LegitBet system found elements characteristic of betting operations, such as bonus offers, Pix payments and registration forms, according to the institute. The data was updated to Tuesday 27 October.
Brazil's election and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's reported plan to repeal the 2024 betting law have left the industry's future uncertain, according to the account. It says an emergency decree would require betting agencies to close by 25 October and players to complete withdrawals by 5 October, but the measure's fate remains subject to Congress and a possible Supreme Court challenge.
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced his intention to repeal the 2024 betting law, according to the report, nine days after the first round of voting on 4 October. The repeal took the form of an emergency presidential decree requiring betting agencies to close by 25 October and players to complete withdrawals from their accounts by 5 October.
Reportedly, Affiliate monitoring by Blask shows Bet365 appears on 53 sites in Brazil, the widest affiliate presence, with Betano and Stake tied at 44 each. Betsson and BetMGM each added eight new affiliate sites in the past month, the fastest growth. Blask tracks 315 affiliate sites and 583 active brands in the Brazilian market.
SELAE averaged 14.23 million website visits in Spain, ahead of ONCE at 7.25 million, according to a traffic ranking based on data from Similarweb, Sensor Tower and Ahrefs. bet365 was the leading private operator with 5.09 million visits; the report also said Spain’s online gaming market recorded €1.7bn in gross gaming revenue in 2025, up 17% year on year.
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) published its 2026 annual activity report, reporting €18bn in combined online gross gaming revenue for its nine operator members in 2025, up 34% from 2024. The association said those members held 401 online gambling licences across 22 European jurisdictions and accounted for about 30% of the region’s online GGR.