After almost a year of the regulation of sports betting in Brazil, an important issue was left aside: the limitation of access to betting by beneficiaries of social programs. Francisco Manssur, former Secretary of Prizes and Bets at the Ministry of Treasury, highlighted this need during an...
The sports betting market, known as “bets”, will be officially regulated in Brazil in 2025. According to economists, the regulation of bets is expected to generate between 2 and 10 billion reais to the government's coffers next year.
The value is considered low by...
The Secretary of Prizes and Bets at the Ministry of Treasury, Régis Dudena, defended the distinction between legal and irregular players. “It is important to clarify that the regulated sector has specific rules for the operation of bookmakers", stated the secretary.
"These specific rules...
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced the punishment of five athletes for violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). These infractions are related to a case from 2023, involving a Belgian group specializing in match-fixing.
The group's leader, Grigor Sargsyan, was sentenced to...
The Rio State Lottery (Loterj) reopens, this Thursday (05), the accreditation of “bets” in its official register. This measure follows several weeks of legal battle, which led to the temporary blocking of more than a hundred betting shops that had not been registered in the state.
The Swedish government has confirmed that its gambling regulatory body, Spelinspektionen, has been given more control over licensed companies. Therefore, as a result of the intervention, Spelinspektionen will be able to act directly when it deems necessary in cases of excessive betting.
Swedish regulator...
Representatives from certification laboratories, the Secretariat of Bets and Prizes (SPA) and the Federal Data Processing Service (Serpro) met in Brasília (DF) this Monday (2).
The objective was to present everyone involved and the necessary mechanisms based on the Betting Management System (SIGAP) to...
In a recent publication in the Official Gazette of the Union, the appointment of Giovanni Rocco Neto to the position of National Secretary of Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sports, linked to the Ministry of Sports, was made official.
This decision, which comes...
Ecuador registered 65 sports betting companies in the first half of 2024, as announced by the country's Federal Revenue Service (SRI). These companies registered under the new tax regime, in force since July 1st, established by Executive Decree No. 313, published on June 28th.
The Sports Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved a proposal that redistributes the resources raised by numerical prediction lotteries, such as Quina, Mega-Sena and Lotomania.
The proposal allocates part of these resources to the Brazilian Master Sports Committee (CBEM), the Brazilian Confederation of...
