Brazil targets responsible gambling push with new regulatory agenda 

Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA) has published its regulatory agenda for the country’s gambling market for 2025-26, as it hopes to improve standards following the regulated market’s launch this year.

The country’s regulated gambling market finally went live on 1 January 2025, shifting a colossus grey market into the regulated arena in the process.

In a publication in the Ministry of Finance’s official gazette, the SPA outlined its regulatory goals for the market’s debut year, with the agenda containing 13 elements for the regulator to focus on.

The first item on the agenda was the creation of a self-exclusion database and establishing rules for sharing such data among licensed operators.

An SPA statement read: “Of the 13 items on the agenda, the most important is the creation of a database of people excluded from the fixed-odds betting market.

“This database will include people who have self-excluded themselves, those excluded due to gambling pathologies and those who are prevented from betting, such as athletes and SPA employees involved in regulating fixed-odds betting.” 

The regulator is expected to publish further details on a self-exclusion register by the end of Q2.

Another goal for the end of Q2 will be improving how resources are allocated for the use of the images, names and sporting nicknames of athletes and other sporting symbols.

The SPA has also prioritised the creation of a “distinctive seal” for licenced operators to help differentiate them from black market counterparts.

Prior to the market’s launch, the SPA made a concerted effort to expel illegal operators from the market by signing a technical cooperation agreement with national telecommunications agency Anatel.

By the end of Q3, the SPA wants to modernise procedures related to commercial promotion, review the regulation of the instant lottery product Lotex and oversee the economic relationship between operators and suppliers in another measure to combat illegal gambling.

Before the close of the year, the regulator aims to establish a “national betting system” that sets out responsible gambling guidelines, anti-money laundering (AML) practices and effective coordination with Brazil’s states and federal districts.

The SPA also wants to improve services for those experiencing gambling-related harm by the end of 2025.

Looking to Q1 2026, the SPA has set a target of consolidating and improving its inspection procedures, and reviewing its application process for new operators.

By the end of Q2 of next year, the regulator will plans to review its framework for certifying operators. 

The SPA said this will help to improve the national betting system it created, emphasising “greater responsiveness and adherence to domestic regulatory guidelines in the betting certification segment”.  

Lastly, by Q4 2026, the SPA will review its processes for sanctioning fixed-odds betting operators found to be in breach of regulations. 

The regulatory agenda was drawn up through a public consultation, which took place between February and March 2025.

The consultation received 200 contributions in total, with 196 coming from the Participa + Brasil platform and the rest via a public hearing.

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 Secretariat of Prizes and Bets highlights 13 targets for the Brazilian market as it publishes its regulatory improvement plans for 2025-26
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