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Brazil is preparing new restrictions for online betting platforms, including limits on rapid wagering, autoplay and interface features that may encourage compulsive play. The Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) is expected to issue an ordinance introducing further consumer-protection and technical requirements for licensed operators.
The reported package would ban autoplay functions, preventing platforms from placing wagers without a separate action by the customer. It would also restrict countdown timers and other tools that press users to make rapid decisions.
Platforms would reportedly be barred from pre-filling or suggesting deposit and stake amounts. Other planned restrictions include bans on coin-like sound effects and similar audio-visual prompts that may encourage continued play.
As the SPA has not published the draft ordinance, it is not yet clear whether the final rule will impose a cooling-off period between wagers, a minimum duration for each wager, or both.
According to local press, the government also plans to prohibit rankings of major winners and content—including tutorials, statistics and suggestions—that could lead customers to believe betting outcomes are determined primarily by knowledge, study or skill.
The proposals would also seek to prevent operators from making withdrawals harder or using promotions to persuade customers to leave money in their betting accounts.
The restrictions form part of the SPA’s wider focus on gambling-related harm. In its 2026–27 regulatory agenda, the agency identified the monitoring of bettor-risk profiles and stronger harm-prevention measures as priority areas. The agenda envisages a tool enabling customers to view and monitor their gambling behaviour in an integrated system linked to SPA.
Industry association ABRAJOGO discussed the anticipated online-game rules at an event on 7 August and said it would prepare a formal submission to SPA.
