Brazil to publish 25,000 betting licensing documents
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- The Ministry of Finance will publish more than 25,000 documents from completed betting authorisation processes.
- Documents will be released after redaction of personal data and confidential information, posted on the ministry’s website as they are processed.
- The disclosure comes as the SPA steps up monitoring of betting advertising ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance will begin publishing more than 25,000 documents from completed processes related to the authorisation of fixed odds betting operators, in what officials describe as a major transparency shift for the regulated market.
The announcement was made by Finance Minister Dario Durigan alongside Daniele Cardoso of the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA), the body responsible for licensing operators in Brazil’s regulated market, which opened in January 2025.
Redaction process
Before publication, personal data and confidential information will be redacted to comply with data protection rules. According to the ministry, this will preserve privacy while still allowing public scrutiny of how applications were assessed.
The disclosure follows a period in which the government had denied access and imposed 100 years of secrecy on the same information. A task force has been established in partnership with the Comptroller General of the Union to accelerate the rolling release of files.
Dario Durigan, Minister of Finance, said:
“My commitment, like President Lula’s commitment, is to provide transparency. This government is not a government of secrecy, it is not a government that intends to hoard information and withhold information from people. Therefore, in the coming days, all proceedings concerning companies regulated by the SPA that have been concluded, will be widely publicised.”
World Cup monitoring
The disclosure comes as the SPA steps up monitoring of betting advertising and responsible gaming rules ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Cardoso said the regulator has held meetings with public prosecutors, consumer protection agencies and members of Brazil’s National Consumer Protection System to reinforce compliance with commercial communication rules under Law No. 14.790/2023.
Daniele Cardoso, of the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting, said:
“We are reinforcing monitoring and oversight actions during the competition period. We have already instructed regulated agents on the need for strict adherence to the responsible gaming rules stipulated in the legislation [and] we will intensify the monitoring of the campaigns.”
The regulator’s first responsible gaming seminar is scheduled for 16 June, part of the broader push to align operator marketing with consumer protection standards during the tournament.
Looking ahead
The disclosure plan marks a shift for a regulator that had faced criticism over file secrecy since launching its licensing regime. For operators, the prospect of publicly available authorisation files raises the stakes on compliance documentation submitted during licensing.
Investors and suppliers will be watching closely for what the released documents reveal about how licences, including ownership structures and fee payments, were assessed during Brazil’s first regulatory cycle.
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