Brazil's 2026 betting tax receipts already top all of 2025

Brazil’s tax office collected R$11.116 billion from betting and gambling, including Caixa lotteries, in January to September 2026, BNLData reported. That is 55.10% more than the R$7.167 billion of the same period of 2025, and above the R$9.95 billion collected in all of 2025.

By the numbers

• September: R$1.206 billion, up 3.70% from R$1.163 billion in August.
• September 2025: R$1.310 billion, so September 2026 was down 7.94%.
• Monthly average in 2026: R$1.235 billion.
• Full-year 2025: R$9.95 billion, which 2026 has already passed by 11.72%, or R$1.17 billion.

The details

The figures cover federal taxes such as corporate income tax, the CSLL social contribution, and PIS/Cofins. Receita Federal official Marcelo Gomide said fixed-odds operators still paid normally in September because the provisional measure came at the end of the month.

From January to September, fixed-odds operators paid R$3.72 billion in legal allocations, the money passed to beneficiaries such as sport, tourism and public security. They paid a further R$3.14 billion in federal taxes.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting in the country, on 25 September. Claudemir Malaquias of the tax office said what was banned was betting through platforms, not all betting, so some receipts will continue.

What’s next

BNLData reported that Congress must vote on the measure for it to remain valid. It also said Supreme Court justice Luiz Fux, rapporteur of the cases challenging the ban, is expected to speak after the presidential run-off.