Brazil’s gambling ban has already cost 3,500 jobs, according to ANJL survey

The thing high-risk operators care about here is simple: Brazil’s policy shift is no longer just a licensing question, it is showing up in payrolls. According to an ANJL survey, the gambling ban has already led to the loss of 3,500 jobs.

1. The only concrete figure in the source is the job loss itself: 3,500 positions. For PSPs, that is a useful proxy for how quickly the market can contract when access to gambling is restricted.
2. The source attributes the number to an ANJL survey. No further methodology, scope, or breakdown is provided in the source text, so there is nothing else to infer from it.
3. For payment providers, the practical takeaway is that Brazil remains a jurisdiction where regulatory decisions can immediately affect merchant volumes, acquiring demand, and portfolio planning. When the market shrinks this fast, payment teams do not get much runway.