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Brazil Senate bill would require bettors’ name and CPF on every lottery ticket: physical and digital BrazilPL 787/2026 proposes mandatory identification at the moment the bet is registered, with prizes paid only to the identified ticket-holder (or a legal successor), as lawmakers frame the change as an anti-fraud and anti–money laundering safeguard.March 5, 2026 -
Brazil calls for standalone law to tax betting after lawmakers drop “Cide-Bets” from anti-gang bill BrazilAfter the Chamber approved the PL Antifacção package without the betting levy, the Justice Ministry says Congress must still deliver a dedicated funding stream for public security—and betting remains the preferred target.March 2, 2026 -
Brazilian Olympic Committee moves to diversify funding and cut reliance on lottery and betting-linked income BrazilCOB president Marco Antônio La Porta says the organisation is pursuing more private-sector backing after 2025 brought its strongest revenue result in five years—while highlighting the long-term risk of depending too heavily on lottery transfers.February 23, 2026 -
Brazil opens the door to B2B licensing as SPA targets the betting supply chain BrazilBrazil’s Ministry of Finance has launched a public consultation on draft rules that would require key betting suppliers to be formally recognised by the Prizes and Betting Secretariat, adding a new compliance layer for technology, content and data vendors supporting licensed operators.February 18, 2026 -
Brazil’s Ministry of Sports sets protocol to freeze lottery funding for non-compliant sports entities BrazilNew rules published in Brazil’s Official Gazette require CAIXA to suspend lottery and fixed-odds betting transfers when the Ministry flags an entity that fails legal certification and governance requirements.February 17, 2026 -
Brazil prepares decree to require “real” age verification and block minors from online betting and other restricted content BrazilPlanalto is drafting rules to regulate the ECA Digital and force platforms and app stores to stop relying on self-declared ages—raising the compliance bar for betting operators, advertisers, and distribution channels.February 16, 2026 -
Brazil sets up interministerial working group to regulate the country’s “Legal Framework for Games” BrazilThe Ministry of Culture has launched the GTI Games task force to draft implementation proposals for Law 14,852/2024, bringing finance, industry, justice, education, sport and other agencies into a single process that could reshape support rules for Brazil’s video-game and esports ecosystem.February 13, 2026 -
Brazil Senate committee advances bill to ban betting and online gambling advertising, sponsorship and promotion BrazilThe Science and Technology Committee (CCT) approved a substitute text for PL 3,563/2024, sending the proposal to the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) for further analysis in a terminative vote track.February 6, 2026 -
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance opens public consultation to set rules for betting service providers in the fixed-odds market BrazilThe Secretariat of Prizes and Betting is collecting input for a new ordinance that will define how suppliers’ “operational capacity” will be recognised—an effort aimed at tightening the regulated ecosystem and reducing room for unlicensed platforms to rely on unchecked providers.February 2, 2026 -
BSOP Summer 2026 opens new Brazilian poker season in Costa do Sauípe BrazilThe 2026 Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) season gets underway this Friday, 23 January, with BSOP Summer at Costa do Sauípe in Bahia – a beachside festival that launches the new ranking race with more than 50 events on the schedule.January 26, 2026
