Player deposits could be subject to a new 15 per cent tax to fund government action to combat violence.
Brazil.- The Brazilian Senate has unanimously approved Bill No. 5,528/2025, which would impose a new 15 per cent tax on customer deposits. The move comes as a bill to increase the existing tax rate on sports betting revenue also advances.
While the latest proposal, known as the Anti-Faction Bill, mainly contains measures intended to combat organised crime, senator Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE) added text that would impose on betting the Contribution for Intervention in the Economic Domain (CIDE), a tax applied on payments made by Brazilian firms to non-Brazilian firms.
According to the bill’s rapporteur, the intention of the new tax, dubbed CIDE-Bets, would be to collect funds to be invested in combating violence. According to estimates from the Central Bank, it could generate approximately R$30bn (€5bn) a year in resources for the National Public Security Fund.
The bill was reviewed under urgent procedure and unanimously approved in a roll-call vote. It must now go back to the Chamber of Deputies for a vote on the Senate’s modifications to the original text.
The debate over taxing online gambling has gained momentum since the launch of the regulated online gambling market in Brazil in January and as the government seeks new revenue sources. On December 2, the Senate’s Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) approved a bill that would introduce a phase increase in increase in gaming tax in Brazil from 12 to 18 per cent by 2028.
Bill 5,473/2025 is still awaiting a Senate plenary vote and must then go to the Chamber of Deputies for analysis and finally to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s desk.
Survey shows appetite for higher taxes on gambling in Brazil
Meanwhile, a survey released by Quaest suggests that the vast majority of deputies in Brazil are in favour of increasing the taxation of online betting as a way to help the federal government meet its fiscal target. Some 90 per cent of the parliamentarians interviewed defended raising taxes in addition to cutting some higher salaries in the public sector.
The study surveyed 167 of 513 federal deputies in office between October 29 and December 11. The margin of error is seven percentage points.
Self-exclusion now live
The Brazilian gambling regulator, the SPA, has announced that the country’s federal centralised self-exclusion platform is now live. People can use voluntarily block themselves from all gambling accounts and their Brazilian taxpayer ID (CPF) will be blocked from registrations and targeted advertising by gambling operators. Players can choose to register for one to 12 months.
Regis Dudena, head of the SPA, said the platform will be not only for self-exclusion.
“Any citizen who wants information on the subject, who wants to take the Mental Health Self-Test, will be able to access the system and understand the specifics and risks of this sector, as well as being directed to links from the Ministry of Health,” the secretary said.
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