SectorWire
SearchGet the daily briefing
Menu

Senacon creates Brazilian betting-market oversight working group

Regulation

Brazil’s National Consumer Secretariat (Senacon) established a working group to coordinate consumer-protection oversight of fixed-odds betting, under an ordinance published on 10 July. The group will prepare a technical market diagnosis, joint monitoring guidelines and operational standards, then submit a final report. Its initial term is 90 days from its first meeting, with a possible extension for an equal period.

The group’s proposed monitoring and enforcement standards could shape consumer-protection requirements for betting operators in Brazil.

Request a correction

Keep reading

Regulation

Brazilian agencies report no impact studies on online gambling ban

Brazilian government agencies disclosed that they had not prepared economic, fiscal or social impact studies for the online gambling prohibition under Provisional Measure 1.394/2026. The Justice Ministry classified internal documents supporting the measure for five years, while companies are considering legal action to recover R$2,500m in licence payments.

Several federal agencies said in responses to access-to-information requests that they carried out no prior studies of the economic, fiscal or social impact of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which bans online gambling in Brazil. The Justice Ministry classified as reserved, for five years, the internal documentation used to prepare the ban.

Continue reading