☠️ Brazil🇧🇷: pressure increases on high-risk sectors and the fight against illegal betting activities

☠️ Brazil🇧🇷: pressure increases on high-risk sectors and the fight against illegal betting activities

On June 17, the federal government introduced Resolution No. 17666 regarding the so-called “joint tax liability” of companies supporting unauthorized betting activities. A few days later, authorities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte carried out a large-scale operation that uncovered the use of local lottery agency Lotseridó as a front structure for dozens of online platforms.

🟢 The resolution was developed based on Article 6 of Complementary Law No. 224, dated December 26, 2025, and is aimed at financial institutions, payment systems, and service providers that work with operators offering fixed-odds betting, as well as advertisers (individuals and legal entities) promoting betting platforms without an official license or authorization.

🟰 The regulation establishes a joint and several tax liability regime, meaning that two or more individuals or legal entities may be held jointly responsible for the same tax obligation before tax authorities.

🟰 It also strengthens monitoring, control, and oversight mechanisms within the sector.

🟢 Procedure: the regulator (SPA) sends a notification, after which the involved partner has only 24 hours to implement restrictive measures and stop new transactions related to the flagged operator.

🟢 In the Lotseridó case, authorities are investigating possible crimes involving money laundering, promotion of speculation, illegal gambling activities, criminal association, and consumer-related offenses. The operation included search warrants and involved public officials, police officers, and members of security forces.

🟢 According to the investigation, the scheme attracted users through digital manipulation, including attacks on government systems and code insertion into websites with .gov.br and .edu.br domains. These practices allowed the platforms to improve their ranking on search engines and redirect traffic to betting platforms with an appearance of legality.

🟢 As a result, authorities aim to strengthen the perception of state control over the sector and expand shared responsibility between companies operating in the high-risk segment and their commercial partners.

🟢 Context: since October 2024, a technical cooperation agreement has been in effect between the regulator and the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), through which more than 50,000 illegal domains have already been blocked. Measures were also taken to remove 780 profiles and 306 publications linked to illegal betting activities, as well as deactivate 190 unauthorized applications.

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