SOFTSWISS said it had signed more than 30 commercial agreements with operators targeting Brazil by the end of 2025. In an interview, Latin America business development manager Carla Dualib discussed the company’s plans for SBC Summit Rio and its focus on Brazil and other regulated markets in the region.
The agreements indicate SOFTSWISS’s commercial activity with operators targeting Brazil’s regulated market.
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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.
Brazil’s federal government asked Anatel to suspend more than 10,000 betting websites following the fixed-odds betting prohibition, according to the report. The government said user balances on platforms fell from about R$2.1bn on 26 September to R$1.453bn, while bettors were given until 23:59 on 5 October to withdraw funds voluntarily. Betting company websites and apps were due to go offline from 6 October, with banks scheduled to process refunds from 9 to 14 October.