Brazil built its authorised betting market in two steps. Law 13.756 of 2018 created the "fixed-odds betting" lottery modality at federal level, and Law 14.790 of 29 December 2023 set the licensing, tax, advertising and responsible-gambling rules for both sports betting and online games. The Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA/MF), part of the Ministry of Finance, became the regulator, and the authorised market opened on 1 January 2025.
That changed on 25 September 2026, when Medida Provisória nº 1.394/2026 prohibited fixed-odds betting, including sports betting and online games, throughout Brazil, together with its advertising and intermediation. Deposits were barred from that date, the voluntary withdrawal window closed on 5 October and platforms were due to be offline on 6 October. The measure is provisional: Congress can approve it, amend it or let it lapse. Read our guide to the ban for the full timeline, and see the legal summary above for the status recorded in our country data.