Brazil’s betting ban gives players until October 5 to withdraw balances; platforms go offline on October 6

Brazil’s MP 1.394/2026 has set out a tight shutdown calendar for fixed-odds betting: players can still withdraw funds voluntarily until 23:59 on October 5, and betting apps and websites must become unavailable from October 6. For PSPs, the useful detail is not the headline ban itself, but the sequence of refund, transfer, and takedown deadlines that follow.

1. Since the MP was published on September 25, new deposits on betting platforms have been prohibited. Sites and apps may stay online only so players can withdraw their balances voluntarily until 23:59 on Monday, October 5. The same deadline applies to removing betting-related advertising materials and sponsorship signs.
2. By October 6, Apple and Google must remove notified betting apps from their stores, and websites and apps must be unavailable. The MP also says existing authorizations will be extinguished 30 days after publication, on October 25, and no new concessions, permissions, or authorizations may be issued.
3. On October 7, companies must inform financial institutions, by CPF, of the amounts each player should receive. They may do this between October 7 and 8, and by that date they must also secure the funds for refunds and send the information to the Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas.
4. On October 8, Google, Meta, YouTube, X, Telegram, TikTok, Kwai, and Discord have the deadline to remove illegal betting content from the notified pages.
5. By October 14, banks and other payment institutions are expected to complete transfers to players, using the seven-day window counted from October 7. Any amounts that cannot be refunded by financial institutions must be transferred to a specific account at Caixa Econômica Federal.

The calendar matters because it turns a betting ban into an operational payments timeline: deposits stop first, then withdrawals, then platform takedowns, then refund instructions to financial institutions, and finally transfer completion. For PSPs and acquirers serving Brazil’s betting market, the question is no longer whether the market is being closed under this measure; it is which payment flows have to be cut off, reconciled, or returned on each date.