Brazil has completed its first full year of a regulated fixed-odds betting market. Enforcement activity increased throughout 2025 as new monitoring tools came online. The figures were published by the Ministry of Finance.

• Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA), part of the Ministry of Finance, said more than 25,000 illegal betting sites were blocked in partnership with telecoms regulator Anatel. The action followed the launch of the regulated fixed-odds betting market. A total of 79 operators were authorised to offer betting services during the year.

• According to the SPA, 25.2 million Brazilians placed bets in 2025 using licensed platforms. The data is collected through the Sigap betting management system, which receives daily reports from authorised operators. The system is used to support supervision and compliance checks.

• The SPA opened 132 enforcement proceedings involving 133 betting operators during the year. Of these cases, 80 are currently progressing toward the application of penalties. Financial monitoring also led to the closure of 550 bank accounts linked to suspected illegal betting activity.

• The Ministry of Finance reported that authorised operators generated around R$ 37bn (ca. EUR 5.9bn) in gross gaming revenue in 2025. Federal tax collection related to betting reached approximately R$ 9.95bn (ca. EUR 1.6bn), including statutory allocations under Brazil’s betting legislation. In addition, operators paid R$ 2.5bn (ca. EUR 399m) in authorisation fees and R$ 95.5m (ca. EUR 15.2m) in supervision charges.

• One of the SPA’s main regulatory tools in 2025 was the launch of the Centralised Self-Exclusion Platform. In its first 40 days, the system received more than 217,000 self-exclusion requests across licensed betting sites. SPA secretary Regis Dudena said: “2025 marked the first time the State was fully present in this market.”

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