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Guides: online betting in Brazil
What Brazil’s ban on online betting means for you: the rules, your money, prediction markets, taxes and support, explained from the official texts.
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Brazil's 2026 betting ban explained (MP 1,394/2026) As of October 1, 2026, fixed-odds betting, meaning both sports betting and online casino games, is banned in Brazil under Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026, in force since September 25, 2026, including when operators abroad offer bets to people in Brazil; all betting advertising aimed at Brazilians is banned too. Deposits are blocked, bettors can withdraw until 11:59 p.m. on October 5, 2026, and the 85 federal licenses end 30 days after publication with no refund of their fees. The ban faces petitions at the Supreme Federal Court (STF), and Congress must vote on it by November 23, 2026, extendable once by 60 days. Read Guide · 6 min
How to get your money back from Brazilian betting sites As of October 1, 2026, MP 1,394/2026 requires Brazil's formerly licensed betting sites to return bettors' money in full. You can withdraw your balance yourself until 11:59 p.m. on October 5, 2026; after that, each operator must send what it owes, listed by CPF, to its banks, which must pay it into an account in the bettor's name within 7 days, and money that can't be returned goes to an account at Caixa Econômica Federal. Read Guide · 7 min
Are prediction markets legal in Brazil? Kalshi and Polymarket (2026) No: as of October 1, 2026, CMN Resolution 5,298/2026 bans offering and trading in Brazil event contracts on sports, elections, politics, entertainment and similar topics, including contracts traded abroad, the government had Kalshi's and Polymarket's sites blocked in April 2026, and no prediction market is authorized for retail users. Only contracts on economic or financial benchmarks fall outside the ban, and the only authorized ones found are B3's event contracts for professional investors. A 2024 Superior Electoral Court (TSE) decision also made election betting an electoral offense, and MP 1,394/2026 has banned fixed-odds betting since September 25, 2026. Read Guide · 6 min
Taxes on betting winnings in Brazil (2026) Under article 31 of Law 14,790/2023, net winnings from fixed-odds bets in Brazil were taxed at 15% under personal income tax (IRPF), on the year's positive results above the first bracket of the annual IRPF table (R$28,467.20 for 2025), with each type of bet netted separately and the tax calculated and paid by the bettor once a year. MP 1,394/2026 revoked article 31 on September 25, 2026, but keeps the old law applicable to facts that occurred while licenses were in force; as of October 1, 2026, no Receita Federal guidance for calendar-year 2026 had been found. Read Guide · 6 min
Where to get help for gambling problems in Brazil In a crisis, call CVV on 188: it's free, open 24 hours a day and offers emotional support and suicide prevention, though it isn't gambling-specific. For betting problems, Brazil's public health system (SUS) offers free teleconsultations for people who bet and their families through the Meu SUS Digital app, UBS and CAPS units provide ongoing care, and Jogadores Anônimos runs free peer-support meetings in person and online. As of October 1, 2026, the central self-exclusion platform is unavailable because of the betting ban, and licensed sites, with their own tools, must go offline from October 6, 2026. Read Guide · 7 min
Brazil betting law timeline (2018–2026) Brazil legalized fixed-odds sports betting with Law 13,756/2018, added online casino games and a licensing regime with Law 14,790/2023, and opened a federally licensed market on January 1, 2025. On September 25, 2026, Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026 banned both sports betting and online casino games. As of October 1, 2026, the ban is in force, petitions to suspend it are pending at the Supreme Federal Court (STF), and Congress must vote on it by November 23, 2026, extendable once by 60 days. Read