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Sources close to Lula say a provisional measure restricting the regulated betting market could reach the National Congress this week, with an online casino ban among the options. The regulator wants the effort aimed at clandestine platforms instead, and a separate bill would cap a bettor at R$100 a day across every licensed site.

More than 1.2 million people, 3% of every active bettor registered with the regulator, have barred themselves from Brazil's licensed betting sites since the central platform opened in December. The figure arrived in a week when the Supreme Court received rival petitions on the betting law and the central bank told banks to stop advertising bets inside their apps.

The government's submission to Congress projects R$41.9 billion from the new Selective Tax. Divide the betting share by the estimated base and you get about 15%, though the Finance Ministry has set no rate and the honest range is wider.

Bill 2.470/2026 would ban direct and indirect betting advertising and outlaw bonuses and cashback. The provision the industry should read twice is the one creating a federal risk assessment that could block roulette, slots and crash games outright.

A childhood and youth court in Campina Grande has told the Finance Ministry and the telecoms regulator to remove Pixbet's sites and apps, fined it R$4.7 million and appointed an expert to test whether its age checks work at all.

The CCJ passed the base text by symbolic vote on 2 September, with the 30% transfer of betting revenue to public security funds removed. Amendments were not reached, and are now expected only after the elections.

Three associations issued statements within hours of each other. All three make the same point: the regulator was missing too, and the figures presented to the president went untested.

The provision that would have routed 30% of fixed-odds betting revenue to public security is out of the report filed in the Senate's justice committee. It has not been voted on yet, and the sports bodies that lobbied against it stand to keep about R$500 million a year.

The Brazilian president spent four hours hearing evidence against the industry his own government licensed two years ago. The Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas, which regulates it, does not appear on the attendance list.

The penalty is modest by the standards of Brazilian enforcement. The reason it had to be served through the official gazette is not: the regulator went to the address Pixbet has on file and the company was not there.

Federal prosecutors allege a Curaçao shell company was used to make a Brazilian betting operation look offshore before regulation arrived, and that the structures behind it were adapted rather than abandoned once it did. NSX Brasil says it operates lawfully.

Lula confirmed on national television that he intends to split the Justice ministry once the Senate passes PEC 18/2025. The amendment routes 30% of betting revenue to the police and prison funds, in the same month a bill was filed to abolish the market.

PL 5153/2026 would repeal the law that created Brazil's regulated market, extinguish every authorisation regardless of its stated term, and make operating fixed-odds betting a crime carrying two to five years. It reached the Mesa on Monday afternoon.

Tarcísio de Freitas told a healthcare debate that Brazil must choose between ending betting and being ended by it, framing the country's regulated market as a public-health emergency comparable to tobacco. He is seeking re-election, and he is not the only senior politician to have found the subject.

Brazil's Ministry of Finance has published new advertising rules that require every betting ad to carry a financial-loss warning and outlaw urgency and easy-money messaging, tightening the screws on a sector that spent R$1.44 billion, approximately $260 million, promoting itself last year.

Spribe's global campaign to protect its Aviator crash game is gaining momentum in the courts. A Brazilian ruling against one of Flutter's own brands sends a clear message to the entire industry.

Following a transformative year for the Brazilian iGaming industry, Alea is returning to São Paulo for its second consecutive term as the Headline Partner for NEXT.io Focus Brazil.

Atucha Strategic Advisory, led by LatAm specialist Ramiro Atucha, has announced the appointment of Eliane Nunes as Head of Revenue & Commercial Growth, reinforcing the consultancy’s capabilities across Brazil and Latin America.

Brazil’s securities regulator has authorised B3 to launch the country’s first regulated prediction market product for professional investors, positioning the initial yes or no contracts on the dollar, the Ibovespa, and bitcoin under capital markets oversight rather than the national betting framework.

Brightstar Lottery PLC and Scientific Games have secured a fifteen year exclusive licence to operate the São Paulo State Lottery through their joint venture SP Loterias SPE S.A. following a R$600m winning bid.

The licensed gambling sector in Brazil is bracing for higher costs after the Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure to gradually increase the tax rate on betting operators.

BetBoom has rapidly emerged as a major force in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, by shunning traditional advertising in favour of a dynamic,

Brazil's gambling regulator, the Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA), has published new rules that will establish a centralised platform for bettors to

DigiPlus Interactive Corp, a major publicly listed gaming and technology company based in the Philippines, has set its sights on Africa, submitting