Industry tally counts 188 SPA-authorised betting operators in Brazil as of August 2026
According to tallies from Lance! and Gazeta do Povo, the number of SPA-authorised betting platforms reached 188 in mid-August, all subject to the R$30 million federal authorisation fee under Law 14,790/2023.
News generated by an automated system from the sources cited below, fact-checked before publishing.
What the tally shows
A tally published on a page Lance! itself labels 'advertising content' counts 188 betting platforms currently authorised to operate in Brazil by the Secretaria de Prémios e Apostas (SPA), under the Ministry of Finance, with the count dated to around 13-14 August 2026 according to Lance! itself and a branded-content piece from Gazeta do Povo citing the same figure.
Operators named in that tally include BR4bet, BetdaSorte, Brazino777, BETesporte, ZeroUmBet and Gol de Bet, but ApostarHoje always recommends confirming any operator's licensing status directly on the official gov.br list before betting, since that list updates periodically, both sources above are advertising/affiliate content rather than independent editorial reporting, and, as of this report, the SPA's own page did not clearly confirm the exact same figure cited by those outlets.
The rules every authorised operator must meet
Under Law No. 14,790/2023, each authorised operator pays a federal authorisation fee of R$30 million, valid for five years, and must have share capital and net worth above R$30 million. The requirement for a prize-guarantee fund of at least R$5,000,000.00 (Article 9) and the up-to-120-minute deadline to process withdrawals and pay out prizes (Articles 6 and 7) appear in the text of Portaria Normativa SPA/MF nº 615, of 16 April 2024: the same complementary regulation also referenced by Lance! and Gazeta do Povo.
Per the two cited outlets, authorised operators may only use the '.bet.br' domain and are limited to fixed-odds betting.
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