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Brazil’s licensed betting traffic plunges 74% after ban
Brazil's licensed betting market saw a 74 per cent decline in user reach within a week of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva introducing a nationwide ban on fixed-odds betting, according to new research from iGaming analytics company Blask.
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
Brazil betting ban puts 3,500 out of work
More than 3,500 workers have lost their jobs in Brazil's betting industry since President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394 on 25 September, prohibiting fixed-odds betting, including sports betting and online casino games. According to a preliminary survey by the National Association of Games and Lotteries
Piccoli takes charge of SPA sanctions
Brazil's Finance Ministry appointed Mariana Piccoli Lins Cavalcanti as Subsecretária de Ação Sancionadora within the Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA) - the division responsible for overseeing and sanctioning sports betting platforms. The appointment, published in the Diário Oficial da União and signed by Casa Civil minister Miriam Belchior under
BigBet appoints Eduardo Luqueze as COO to lead Brazilian operations
BigBet, the online sports betting and iGaming brand launched by BIG Brazil, has appointed Eduardo Luqueze as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) to head operations in the Brazilian market, according to a report by BNLData.
Brazil establishes process to pursue more than R$1bn in illegal betting funds
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) has established an administrative process for pursuing the potential forfeiture of more than R$1bn in blocked funds linked to illegal fixed-odds betting operators.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Brazil betting sector pushes back on prohibition debate
The Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL) and Grupo Globo convened a seminar last week - "Desafios pós-regulamentação do mercado de apostas" - bringing together leading figures from Brazil's betting industry to work through some of the thorniest questions facing the sector since regulation took effect: security, taxation, sporting
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
LOTERJ chief calls for regulation to match innovation
How to balance innovation, legal certainty and consumer protection in a market moving at the speed of technology was one of the central questions Fabíola Esteves, president of LOTERJ, Rio de Janeiro's state lottery and betting regulator, addressed during a panel at Rio Innovation Week, one of Latin America's largest
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
Inside 7K Bet’s approach to pricing and probability
Brazil closed 2025 as the world's fifth-largest online betting market, moving roughly $4.1bn according to consultancy Regulus Partners, with more than 25 million Brazilians using licensed platforms over the course of the year, per data from the Sistema de Gestão de Apostas (Sigap), the tracking system run by the Secretaria
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
Brazil’s football clubs to be graded on ESG – including betting deals
A new benchmark, the Índice Brasileiro de Sustentabilidade no Futebol (IBSF), is being developed to assess how Série A and Série B clubs in Brazil's national championship handle environmental, social and governance practices - with their commercial relationships with sports betting operators built directly into the evaluation.
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
Betano extends lead as Brazil’s regulated iGaming market consolidates
Betano has strengthened its position as Brazil's leading online betting and gaming brand, with new research showing the country's regulated market has become significantly more concentrated 18 months after licensing was introduced.
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
BETBY strengthens Brazil strategy through NGX partnership
BETBY has entered into a partnership with Brazilian technology provider NGX as the sportsbook supplier continues to strengthen its position in Brazil's regulated betting market.
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
Wazdan grows Brazilian footprint through Betnacional partnership
Wazdan has strengthened its position in the Brazilian market by launching its games portfolio with Betnacional through Relax Gaming's aggregation platform.
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
Betano defends advertising as driver of Brazilian football’s revival
Guilherme Figueiredo, Betano's director of institutional relations in Brazil, used an interview with Folha’s Felipe Mendes to lay out the operator's position on several fronts at once: defending continued sports betting advertising, crediting the federal government's regulatory approach, and linking betting-sector investment directly to Brazilian clubs' recent run of seven
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
Brazil’s betting debate is being driven by “Virtue Signalling”
Fellipe Fraga, Chief Business Officer and head of institutional relations at Stellar Gaming is arguing that Brazil's public conversation around sports betting has increasingly become less about the industry's real problems and more about who gets to claim the moral high ground in discussing them.
Managing Director, G3 Newswire
Brazil’s federal prosecutors open inquiry into betting ad regulation during World Cup
Brazil's Federal Public Ministry (MPF) has launched a civil public inquiry to investigate whether the federal government has adequately regulated and supervised advertising by online sports betting platforms during broadcasts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, raising fresh questions about the enforcement of the country's gambling legislation.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
Brazilian Senate probes betting advertising, calls for tighter rules
The Brazilian Senate has opened a wide‑ranging discussion on the public‑health and consumer impacts of fixed‑odds betting, with a particular focus on the surge in betting advertising during major football broadcasts.
Argentina Correspondent, G3 Newswire
