The Prizes and Betting Secretariat of the Ministry of Treasury announced that, as of 9pm this Monday (30), it had received 174 requests from companies to operate as betting houses ("bets") in Brazil.
The end of registration was scheduled for 11:59 pm on the...
Starting this Tuesday (1st), online betting houses without authorization in Brazil will have to close their operations. The measure, announced by the Ministry of Treasury, aims to regulate sports betting and online games. Therefore, this measure promises to bring significant changes to the iGaming market in Brazil.
The Minister of Treasury, Fernando Haddad, announced that between 500 and 600 fixed-odd betting websites, known as “bets”, will be banned in the coming days if they do not regularize themselves at the Prizes and Betting Secretariat (SPA). The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) will be responsible for...
Google will require authorization from the Ministry of Treasury to release sports betting advertisements from so-called “bets” (betting houses). As of this Monday (30), this change will come into force, reflecting new regulatory requirements in Brazil.
On September 17, the Ministry of Treasury published...
The federal government will intensify control over betting companies to better regulate the sector. From October 1st, companies without authorization will have their activities suspended. This measure is based on Law No. 14,790, sanctioned in 2023, which establishes conditions for the legality of operations.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be involved in the process of regulating sports betting and online gaming. The government has already expressed concern about the issue and must intervene.
Next week, Lula will announce measures to promote the mental health...
Last Thursday (26), Minister Luiz Fux, of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), announced a public hearing to debate issues about sports betting and online gaming. The event will take place on November 11th, and will bring together important representatives from the government and civil society.
The Senate's evangelical contingent is mobilizing to veto Bill (PL) 2,234/22, known as Casinos PL, which legalizes gaming in the country. The project, approved by the Chamber of Deputies in 2022, has already been discussed in a thematic debate session of the Senate that took place last...
The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) and the Brazilian Institute of Legal Gaming (IJL) proposed an intersectoral meeting in response to the manifesto of retail and services entities. The aim is to discuss concerns about online betting, known as bets, and propose concrete measures for...
Some bookmakers will not wait for the government and stop paying for games by credit card from October 1st. An ordinance from the Ministry of Treasury makes this prohibition only from January onwards, when all the rules for this activity in Brazil come into force.
