SOFTSWISS said it signed more than 30 commercial agreements in 2025 with operators targeting Brazil. The company plans to attend SBC Summit Rio on 3–5 March and said it is also expanding its expertise into Mexico and Peru.
The reported agreements indicate SOFTSWISS’s commercial activity with operators targeting Brazil’s regulated betting market.
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Brazil’s Ministry of Justice identified more than 4,000 profiles promoting illegal betting and notified digital platforms, the ministry said. A media investigation reported that tipsters were advising users on how to bypass the government’s betting prohibition, in force from 25 September, and that participants complained of unpaid winnings from an election-related pool.
Brazil's Ministry of Justice identified more than 4,000 profiles promoting illegal gambling and notified digital platforms of the breaches. Betting tipsters began offering advice on circumventing the government's betting ban from 25 September, according to an investigation by a Brazilian newspaper.
SINDIBETS-SP welcomed the approval of ending the 6×1 work schedule and said several regulated companies have used a 5×2 schedule for more than two years. The association said more than 5 mil jobs had been lost amid measures introduced by MP 1.394/2026, published less than 30 days earlier. It urged caution in linking any change in retail consumption to the end of regulated betting and said it was discussing ways to preserve jobs with labour entities.
SINDIBETS-SP, an association representing betting operators in São Paulo state, said it supported the approval of the end of the 6×1 work schedule by the National Congress on the previous day, according to a statement. The association said several regulated companies had used a 5×2 schedule for more than two years.
Brazil’s National Congress received more than 50 proposed amendments to a provisional measure banning online gambling, reportedly after the measure took effect in late September. At least seven lawmakers proposed exempting sports betting and limiting the ban to online casino games; other proposals address advertising, player health safeguards and licence reimbursements.
Brazil’s Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL) reported more than 3,500 dismissals or contract terminations since 25 September 2026, following the announcement of a betting ban. The association said 4,167 more workers were on collective leave and forecast that cuts could reach 5,600 within 90 days if the ban continued; it said the figures were partial and based on company data.
Reportedly, the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) identified more than 3.5 thousand workers dismissed after publication of Provisional Measure No. 1.394/2026. The measure prohibited fixed-odds betting in Brazil.