From January to July of this year, betting and lottery activities generated an impressive R$4.7 billion in revenue for the government. According to the Federal Revenue Service, R$2.1 billion of this amount came from lotteries, while R$2.6 billion came from taxes and contributions from the betting sector.
Regarding the total revenue forecast for the 12 months of this year, Revenue Forecasting and Analysis Coordinator Marcelo Gomide said the department has not yet determined the total revenue forecast. According to him, the projection for this type of revenue is based on a different measurement method.
“We normally only make projections for what we call revenue for legal purposes, what is classified as what I call, in a secular way, that is, without much scientific criteria, lotteries,” said Gomide.
However, he highlighted that given the sector’s revenue behavior up to July, the forecast is that the number of collections in taxes and contributions, as well as from lotteries, will double by the end of 2025. “It should be close to double what we are presenting now, R$4.7 billion,” according to him.
Revenue from betting and lotteries is expected to exceed R$10 billion in 2025
As the coordinator warned, recent changes to the collection format should take effect starting in November of this year. “We’re considering collections starting in November,” he explained.
In July, revenue reached R$928 million from betting and lottery operations, compared to R$8 million collected in the same month of 2024 and R$764 million in June 2025. The difference is due to the regulation of the sector, since gaming activities were not regulated in Brazil in June of last year.
These figures refer to revenue from bets linked to the 12% rate applied to gross gaming revenue, known as GGR. The provisional measure (MP) that replaces part of the increase in the Financial Transactions Tax (IOF), published in June, raises this rate to 18%.
