The Brazilian Prize and Betting Secretariat (SPA) recently announced the biennial regulatory agenda for 2026/27 through Normative Decree No. 408. Over the next two years, the regulatory body will focus on optimizing the license review process, combating illegal operators, improving anti-money laundering policies, and for the first time, incorporating the regulation of Caixa's lotteries into the framework. In plain terms, Brazilian gambling regulation is moving from "establishing rules" to "refined enforcement." The new acting head is in place, with market access and capital monitoring being this year's focus. Want to know the latest regulatory trends in Latin America's largest gambling market? Visit the PASA official website for ongoing interpretation.
Key Focus for 2026: License Review First, Payment Blocking Enhancement
According to the agenda, regulatory work in 2026 will progress quarterly:
Q1: Initiate revisions to the license review process, detailing standards for approval, rejection, suspension, and termination of licenses.
Review payment blocking procedures, targeting the Pix payment channel suspected of illegal betting to strengthen blockades, which has become a core tool against offshore operators.
Evaluate affiliate marketing rules, perfecting technical requirements and regulatory conditions.
Q2: Shift to physical channel regulation, standardizing fixed-odds sports betting and other lottery modes conducted through physical terminals.
Q3: Strengthen responsible gambling policies, establish self-monitoring tools for players, allowing bettors to view their own gambling data to prevent pathological gambling.
Improve damage repair mechanisms, clarifying compensation procedures for losses caused to players by operator violations.
Q4: Upgrade monitoring and inspection procedures, and review the sanction system, ensuring that penalties match the severity of violations.
Outlook for 2027: Anti-Money Laundering Intensification, Caixa Lotteries Finally Included
The agenda for 2027 is equally tight:
Q1: Evaluate the effectiveness of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing policies.
Q2: Update the "Mass Savings Advance Collection" procedure, assessing the necessity of regulatory revisions.
Q3: Review the lottery modes operated by Caixa Loterias, establishing a specialized regulatory framework. Caixa has long monopolized federal lotteries, originally planning to launch sports betting products in 2025, but delayed due to political pressure, now included in the agenda indicating accelerated regulatory implementation.
It is noteworthy that this decree was signed by the acting head Daniele Correa Cardoso—following the recent resignation of former head Regis Dudena, Cardoso is expected to be confirmed.
Review of 2025/26: Self-Exclusion Gambling Platform Launched, Advertising Ban Underway
The SPA's regulatory agenda for 2025/26 was also significantly fruitful:
Self-exclusion gambling platform: Launched in December 2025, allowing players to voluntarily apply to block all gambling website access.
Advertising rules revision: Originally scheduled for update in 2025 Q3, but the Senate Science and Technology Committee has passed a stricter bill, proposing a comprehensive ban on gambling advertisements on radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and social media, and the cancellation of sports sponsorships. If finalized, this will have a disruptive impact on the industry's marketing model.
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