Online gambling in Brazil: regulation, licence and market guide

Is online gambling legal in Brazil?

Fixed-odds sports betting and online games of chance (slots, live casino, crash games) are legal when offered by a company authorized by the SPA/MF. An authorization costs R$30 million, runs five years and covers up to three brands on mandatory .bet.br domains; the holder must be a Brazilian company with a Brazilian shareholder owning at least 20%. Operators paid 12% of GGR in 2025; Complementary Law 224/2025 raised the rate to 13% for 2026, 14% for 2027 and 15% from 2028. Unauthorized sites are blocked and cut off from payments, and advertising rules tightened again in July 2026.

Regulated: Private operators can hold a local licence for online casino and/or betting.

Who regulates gambling in Brazil?

• Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas, Ministério da Fazenda (SPA/MF) — Federal regulator: authorizations, technical ordinances, SIGAP monitoring, sanctions and site-blocking requests for fixed-odds betting and online games
• Secretaria Especial da Receita Federal do Brasil (RFB) — Collects the GGR levy, corporate taxes and the player income tax on net winnings

Brazil gambling licence: how it works

Operators apply to the SPA/MF under Ordinance SPA/MF 827/2024 for a federal authorization covering fixed-odds sports betting and online games. The applicant must be incorporated and administered in Brazil with a Brazilian partner holding at least 20% of the capital, and its controlling group must include a member with betting or lottery experience. The SPA has up to 150 days to decide a complete application; the R$30 million grant fee is due within 30 days of approval and covers up to three brands for five years. Platform and game certification by an SPA-accredited laboratory must follow the authorization act. The first authorizations were published on 31 December 2024 and about 85 entities were authorized by mid-2026. State lotteries also license betting, but the Supreme Court confirmed in 2025 that their licensees may only accept bets placed inside the licensing state.

What an applicant needs

• Company incorporated and administered in Brazil with a Brazilian shareholder holding at least 20%
• Minimum paid-in capital of R$30 million and a financial reserve of R$5 million under SPA ordinances
• Controlling-group member with proven betting, gaming or lottery experience; criminal and tax clearance
• Betting system, RNG and games certified by an SPA-accredited laboratory (Ordinances 722/2024 and 1,207/2024)
• CPF validation and facial recognition at registration, age 18+, and live reporting to SIGAP
• AML/CFT program with COAF reporting (Ordinance 1,143/2024)
• Responsible-gaming, advertising and payment controls under Ordinances 1,231/2024 and 615/2024
• One .bet.br domain per authorized brand

Gambling taxes in Brazil

• Operators: 13% of GGR in 2026 under Complementary Law 224/2025 (12% in 2025), rising to 14% in 2027 and 15% from 2028, plus ordinary corporate taxes (IRPJ and CSLL, PIS/COFINS) and municipal ISS.
• Players: 15% income tax on net annual winnings from fixed-odds betting above the first band of the annual income-tax table (R$28,467.20 for the 2025 calendar year); the player self-assesses in March and pays by the end of April using the ComprovaBet statements operators must issue.
• Also: The levy funds legal destinations in sport, tourism, health, public security and social security. A provisional measure proposing 18% lapsed in October 2025. LC 224/2025 also makes payment institutions jointly liable for taxes when they keep processing for illegal operators after notice (Ordinance MF 1,766/2026).

Advertising, player protection, KYC and payments

Advertising

Permitted but tightly regulated. Ordinance SPA/MF 1,231/2024 bans messaging that presents betting as income or investment, targets minors or has influencers promise results; CONAR self-regulation applies alongside. From 10 July 2026, Interministerial Ordinance 73/2026 extends liability to agencies, platforms, influencers and affiliates, who must check the advertiser is on the SPA list, and from 17 July 2026 Ordinance SPA/MF 1,964/2026 requires a Ministry of Finance warning covering at least 10% of every advertisement. Senate bill PL 2,470/2026, proposing a near-total advertising ban, was in committee as of September 2026.

Responsible gaming

Mandatory deposit, loss and time limits, self-exclusion through a centralized national platform (launched December 2025), cooling-off periods and helpline messaging. Welcome bonuses and any advance or bonus to induce registration or a first bet are prohibited by Law 14,790 and Ordinance 1,231/2024. Since September 2025 operators must block Bolsa Família and BPC beneficiaries, extended in 2026 to beneficiaries of federal debt-renegotiation programs.

Identity and age verification

Identity verification at registration with CPF matching and facial recognition (Ordinance 722/2024), age 18+, screening against self-exclusion and social-benefit lists, and ongoing AML monitoring with reports to COAF.

Payments

Deposits and withdrawals only by electronic transfer between an account in the player's name and the operator's account at a Central Bank-authorized institution (PIX in practice). Ordinance 615/2024 prohibits cash, boleto, checks, credit cards, crypto and third-party transfers, and forbids credit for betting. Decree 13,033/2026 allows immediate freezing of illegal operators' funds.

Notable restrictions

• No welcome or deposit-conditioned bonuses
• No credit-card, crypto or cash deposits
• Mandatory .bet.br domain for every authorized brand
• Under-18s, public servants of the regulator, and social-benefit recipients may not bet
• Controlling shareholders may not hold stakes in Brazilian football clubs or sports organizations
• Unauthorized sites are blocked by Anatel and their payments are cut off
• Poker is treated as a game of skill and sits outside the fixed-odds framework, so it is not licensed by the SPA

Brazil iGaming market: size, players and payments

GGR of about R$37 billion in 2025 for the authorized market, according to the SPA's first annual panorama (January 2026); federal collections from the sector reached R$9.95 billion in 2025 per the Receita Federal.

Authorized operators reported that 25.2 million Brazilians placed bets in 2025 (68.3% men); more than 217,000 people registered on the national self-exclusion platform in its first 40 days.

The market is overwhelmingly mobile and PIX makes instant deposits and withdrawals the norm; trade press reported authorized-operator advertising spend of about R$1.44 billion in 2025.

79 companies were authorized at the end of 2025 and roughly 85 entities ran around 187 .bet.br brands by mid-2026, mixing domestic groups and global operators; smaller provisional licensees exited during 2025.

Timeline: how Brazil got here

1. 2018-12Law 13,756 legalizes fixed-odds sports betting and orders federal regulation
2. 2023-12Law 14,790 sets the full framework, including online games, the R$30 million fee and the 12% GGR levy
3. 2024-05Ordinance SPA/MF 827 opens the authorization process; technical, payment and AML ordinances follow
4. 2024-10Anatel begins blocking unauthorized sites at the SPA's request during the transition period
5. 2025-01Regulated market opens with 14 full and about 52 provisional authorizations; only .bet.br brands may operate
6. 2025-03Supreme Court (ACO 3696) confirms state lottery licensees must geofence bets to their own state
7. 2025-10Provisional Measure 1,303, which would have raised the levy to 18%, lapses without a vote
8. 2025-12Complementary Law 224 sets the levy at 13% (2026), 14% (2027) and 15% (2028); national self-exclusion platform launches
9. 2026-06Decree 13,033 and Ordinance MF 1,766 add fund-freezing tools and payment-institution liability against illegal sites
10. 2026-07Interministerial Ordinance 73 and Ordinance SPA/MF 1,964 rewrite advertising rules with mandatory warnings and chain liability

Outlook

The levy is scheduled to reach 14% in 2027 and 15% in 2028, and Congress continues to debate higher rates and a retroactive tax on pre-2025 activity. Bill PL 2,470/2026, which would ban most betting advertising and sponsorship, was advancing in Senate committee as of September 2026. The SPA classified prediction-market products as illegal fixed-odds betting in April 2026 and is working through a 2025–2026 regulatory agenda on affiliates, self-exclusion and payments, so expect further consumer-protection ordinances and continued blocking of unauthorized sites.

Launching in Brazil with GameBridge

Turnkey (your licence, our platform). The federal authorization can only be held by a Brazilian company the operator controls, so the operator is the licence holder and runs its brands on GameBridge technology; GameBridge holds no Brazilian authorization and cannot offer Brazil under a white-label licence.

A Brazilian brand on GameBridge runs in Portuguese (Brazil) with a BRL wallet, geo-controls that admit only players located in Brazil who pass CPF and facial checks, and PIX deposits and withdrawals through the operator's own Brazilian banking relationships. Responsible-gaming settings map to Ordinance 1,231/2024, the self-exclusion and social-benefit block lists are enforced at registration, and the bonus engine is locked so prohibited welcome offers cannot be created. Aggregated content is curated to studios whose games can be certified for Brazil, and GameBridge Studios and Originals titles ship with the certification package an SPA-accredited laboratory requires. SIGAP feeds and ComprovaBet statements are produced from platform data.

• Portuguese (Brazil) site language and BRL wallet
• PIX deposits and payouts on request through the operator's Brazilian acquiring
• Geo lists by country and state with age, CPF and facial-recognition gates
• Responsible-gaming limits, self-exclusion and block-list checks aligned to SPA ordinances
• Bonus engine restricted to compliant loyalty and incentive rewards
• Certification package with every GameBridge Studios and Originals release
• Regulatory reporting feeds for SIGAP and annual player statements

Crash games, slots and live casino lead Brazilian lobbies alongside football betting; the aggregated catalog covers the studios Brazilians already play, and GameBridge Studios builds exclusive football- or carnival-themed slots to the operator's brief with certification-ready documentation.

Frequently asked questions

Sources and review

Reviewed against the sources below on 11 September 2026. Regulation changes; confirm the current position with local counsel before launch.

• Lei nº 14.790, de 29 de dezembro de 2023 — Presidência da República, accessed 2026-09-11
• Apostas de Quota Fixa — Legislação (ordinances, decrees and LC 224/2025) — Ministério da Fazenda, SPA/MF, accessed 2026-09-11
• Apurar Imposto sobre Prêmios de Apostas na Loteria de Quota Fixa e em Fantasy Sport — Receita Federal do Brasil, accessed 2026-09-11
• Bets registram receita bruta de R$ 37 bilhões em 2025 — Valor Econômico, accessed 2026-09-11
• Brazil Chamber of Deputies withdraws retroactive tax plans (PM 1,303) — iGB, accessed 2026-09-11
• Unpacking the legal intricacies of Brazil's betting advertising overhaul — SBC News, accessed 2026-09-11
• STF mantém suspensão de regra que permitia a loterias do RJ receber apostas de fora do estado — Supremo Tribunal Federal, accessed 2026-09-11
• Licensed Betting Operators in Brazil: SPA & State Guide — Control F5, accessed 2026-09-11

Regulatory summaries are provided for orientation only and are not legal advice. Licensing requirements change; we validate them with you during scoping.