28/08/2026
Week of August 24 to 28, 2026 The week closed with enforcement hitting the sector hard: the Federal Revenue Service and the Federal Prosecution Office launched, on Friday, the month’s second major operation against a betting group. In parallel, pressure on advertising advanced on three fronts — in the states, in Congress and among football …
21/08/2026
Week of August 17 to 21, 2026 It was another tense week. Federal enforcement widened its wave of suspensions, now reaching more operators and brands, while states and cities pressed ahead with advertising restrictions – and the Office of the Prosecutor General (PGR) asked the Supreme Court to strike down a state law. In Congress, …
14/08/2026
Week of August 11 to 14, 2026 This was a week of heavy enforcement. The government suspended the operations of one of the market’s largest brands, opened to the public the documents that authorized betting operators to run, and toughened its rhetoric in an election year. In Congress, a bill seeking to end the sector …
07/08/2026
Week of August 3 to 7, 2026 This week had two centers of gravity. At the Supreme Court, the trial began on whether the criminal ban on games of chance still stands, and it ended adjourned, with an important message for the industry. In the Executive branch, the government is preparing an ordinance that changes …
31/07/2026
Week of July 27 to 31, 2026 The week had two main threads. On the tax side, the Federal Revenue Service gave operators good news by defining the basis on which PIS and Cofins apply. On the regulatory side, the government opened the public consultation that will rewrite the market’s entry rules. Add to that …
24/07/2026
Week of July 20 to 24, 2026 It was a busy week at the federal level. The Secretariat of Prizes and Betting opened a public consultation to review the authorization rules, the market gained its first official figures for 2026, and advertising returned to center stage, with an administrative fine and a court-ordered suspension in …
17/07/2026
It was a week of regulatory tightening on several fronts. New mandatory warnings on betting ads took effect, the SPA/MF barred betting on youth (academy) sport categories, a court ordered an operator suspended for failing to control access by minors, and yet another city restricted advertising. In Congress, new bills poured in. Below are the …
10/07/2026
Week of July 6 to 10, 2026 It was a week of tightening on every front. The Ministry of Finance unveiled tougher rules for betting advertising – including mandatory warnings modeled on those for cigarettes –, notified dozens of fintechs tied to the illegal market, and saw Congress speed up bills ranging from targeted restrictions …
03/07/2026
Week of June 29 to July 3, 2026 This week paired enforcement with new rules. While betting advertising during the World Cup drew scrutiny on three fronts, the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA), part of the Ministry of Finance, published a package of rules in the Official Gazette – barring access for bettors who …
26/06/2026
Week of June 22–26, 2026 The image of the week came from the World Cup: back-to-back matches, record audiences and betting odds appearing on screen and in the broadcasters’ commentary — until the topic exploded on social media and the government signaled it would act. Betting advertising became the dominant regulatory story of the moment, …