SINDIBETS-SP says more than 5,000 jobs were lost after Brazil’s MP 1.394/2026, and warns that betting bans push demand offshore

SINDIBETS-SP has backed the Brazilian Congress’ move to end the 6x1 work schedule, but says the real test for the betting sector is happening elsewhere: after MP 1.394/2026, more than 5,000 jobs were lost. The association’s point is straightforward enough for PSPs and operators: when regulation tightens fast, employment, merchant activity, and channel migration move together.

1. SINDIBETS-SP said several regulated companies have already been using a 5x2 schedule for more than two years, arguing that better work-life balance can coexist with productivity and operational organization. In other words, this is not framed as a theoretical labor-market debate; the group says the sector already has examples on the ground.
2. The association called the end of the 6x1 scale approved by Congress “sensible,” but said the timing is awkward for the bets industry, which is trying to preserve thousands of direct and indirect jobs tied to its activity. That matters for payment providers because labor cuts in a regulated vertical usually show up later in transaction volume, account activity, and merchant survival.
3. SINDIBETS-SP pushed back against claims that an improvement in consumer spending can already be credited to the end of betting activity. The group said a few days of observation, without concrete sales data or an analysis that isolates the different drivers of retail performance, is not enough to draw that conclusion. It pointed to income, employment, inflation, credit, and purchasing power as still being decisive variables.
4. The association said the concrete impact so far is on the regulated sector itself: more than 5,000 jobs have been lost, affecting professionals, families, and long-term projects. It also warned that prohibition does not remove demand for betting; it simply pushes part of it to illegal platforms that do not properly verify users, do not offer protection mechanisms, and do not follow Brazilian rules.
5. SINDIBETS-SP said it is working with companies and labor unions to find alternatives that preserve as many jobs as possible and reduce the impact of MP 1.394/2026. For PSPs, the message is familiar: when the regulated lane gets narrower, illegal operators are quick to absorb whatever demand is left on the table.

The association’s broader argument is that Brazil should make public policy on evidence, not on quick narratives. For high-risk payment players, that usually translates into a practical question rather than a philosophical one: what portion of demand stays inside the regulated market, and what portion gets shoved into unverified, harder-to-control channels.