Launching an online casino in Brazil

No. Provisional Measure 1.394 of 25 September 2026 prohibits fixed-odds betting in Brazil — on sports and on online games — including when it is offered from abroad to people in Brazil. No new authorisations are issued, and existing ones end 30 days after publication.

The text of the measure bans offering, operating, intermediating and advertising fixed-odds betting, physically or online, across the national territory. Operators had ten days to make their sites and apps inaccessible, which puts the deadline at 6 October 2026. Operators that paid for a federal authorisation are not refunded.

Other lottery products authorised by law are not covered. For an online casino or sportsbook, though, the measure closes the market: there is no licence to apply for and no offshore licence that makes serving Brazilian players lawful.

Under Law 14.790 of December 2023, operators needed a federal authorisation from the SPA/MF: R$30 million for five years and up to three brands, a Brazilian company, a .bet.br domain and 12% tax on gross gaming revenue. Payments were limited to Pix, bank transfers and debit cards — credit cards and crypto were not allowed.

Law 14.790 opened the licensed market on 1 January 2025. By the time of the ban it had become one of the largest regulated betting markets in the world, which is what makes the reversal so abrupt. The provisional measure does not repeal the law's framework on paper; it prohibits the activity the law licensed.

This history is still worth knowing. If Congress rejects or rewrites the measure, the market would most likely reopen on terms close to these — and anyone planning for that should budget for them rather than for an offshore launch.

Possibly. A provisional measure takes effect at once but lapses unless Congress converts it into law within 60 days, extendable by another 60. Industry associations have announced court challenges, especially to the no-refund clause.

Until one of those things happens, treat Brazil as closed. Plans that assume a quick reversal are bets on Brasília, not on the product.

For operators already live in Brazil, the practical questions are winding down, returning player balances and moving to markets that remain open — Mexico, Colombia and Peru are the regulated Spanish-speaking alternatives in the region.

Do not plan a Brazilian launch while the ban is in force. Which markets a brand may serve is set by its licence and the law of each market — licensing is the operator's responsibility. WW Games does not hold or sublicense a gambling licence, and can put you in touch with licensing providers.

If the market reopens, the platform work would be the same as for any new market: the storefront language (Portuguese is added for the market as part of setup) and local payment methods, which can be connected when a payment provider agrees to work with the brand. How payments are set up is on payments.