The licensing framework established under Lei 14,790/2023, administered through SPA/MF federal authorisation, is being extinguished in its entirety by Medida Provisória nº 1,394/2026, published 25 September 2026. All federal, state and district authorisations end within thirty days of publication, a deadline falling on 25 October 2026. Portaria SPA/MF nº 3,005/2026, published 2 October 2026, implements the wind-down: it sets procedures and a 15 December 2026 deadline for former authorised operators to regularise financial and regulatory obligations arising from their authorised operating period, including returning balances via the Sigap system. The instrument stack runs from the Provisional Measure down through the ministerial ordinance, both presently in force but contingent on Congress's conversion process and a pending constitutional challenge before the Supremo Tribunal Federal.
Brazil · Question 02 of 11
Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence?
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| Jurisdiction | Brazil (BR) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Recorded in register |
| Favourability | Mixed |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Review status | Not reviewed · 3 post-review updates · Not reviewed |
| Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
The licensing framework established under Lei 14,790/2023, administered through SPA/MF federal authorisation, is being extinguished in its entirety by Medida Provisória nº 1,394/2026, published 25 September 2026. All federal, state and district authorisations end within thirty days of publication, a…
MP 1.394/2026, Article 2, schedules extinction of all federal SPA/MF authorisations and all state or Federal District lottery concessions for fixed-odds betting within 30 days of the measure's 25 September 2026 publication date, with no refund of the outorga fees operators paid to obtain those authorisations. This extinguishes the entry pathway that had previously supported a reported 188 authorised betting brands in the licensed market. The MP is a provisional presidential instrument, in force immediately but awaiting ratification by Congress, which must deliberate by 23 November 2026, and awaiting the outcome of consolidated constitutional challenges before the Supremo Tribunal Federal. No replacement authorisation route has been created to date.
All federal and state/Federal District fixed-odds betting authorisations granted under Lei 14.790/2023 are now on a staged extinction timetable imposed by Medida Provisoria 1.394/2026. New bets and advertising were barred with immediate effect from 25 September 2026. A voluntary balance-withdrawal window ran from that date to 5 October 2026. Betting sites and apps were required offline from 6 October 2026. The authorisations themselves face formal extinction within the statutory period following the Medida Provisoria's publication. This is dismantlement of the licensing architecture on a fixed statutory timetable, not a tightening of licence conditions, and it supersedes the previously operative framework entirely for fixed-odds betting.
The SPA opened a 45-day public consultation, running 27 July to 9 September 2026, on the ordinance that will establish permanent commercial-authorisation rules for licensed fixed-odds operators. This consultation represents a step toward converting the current transitional licensing framework into a settled permanent regime, though the ordinance itself has not yet been issued. Licensed operators continue to operate under the existing federal authorisation structure established by Lei 14.790/2023 while this rulemaking process proceeds. The consultation's closure without yet a finalised ordinance leaves operators in a holding pattern regarding the precise permanent conditions they will ultimately be held to, even as enforcement against existing licensees continues under the current framework.