Brazil orders licensed betting platforms to redirect all traffic to brasilsembets.gov.br from October 6

The Brazilian Ministry of Justice has notified all licensed betting platforms to send every visitor to the federal portal brasilsembets.gov.br starting at 0:01 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. For operators and their payment stacks, the key point is simple: this is not just a website notice, but a requirement to shut down the visible access layer across web properties, apps, subdomains, IPs, and APIs.

1. The order was sent to the legal representatives of the companies and is based on article 23, caput, of Provisional Measure No. 1.394 of 2026. It covers “all electronic sites, domains and internet applications” offering fixed-odds lottery betting, with the affected addresses listed in an annex to the document.
2. Operators themselves are responsible for implementing the redirect using their own cloud infrastructure, application servers, and DNS management. The Secretariat for Prizes and Bets (SPA) says acceptable technical methods include HTTP 301 or 302 status codes, DNS pointing, or cloud reverse proxy rules. In each case, access to the homepage or any internal URL must automatically and securely route the user to the government portal.
3. The notice goes beyond websites. The SPA also requires the unavailability of subdomains, IP addresses, and APIs used by mobile apps, desktop apps, and smart TV applications linked to the brands, “making access to services through these applications completely unfeasible.” Companies must provide technical evidence of the steps taken and formally notify the authority once the redirect is complete.
4. According to the ministry, the government domain will centralize an “indispensable public utility service” with two functions: official instructions for bettors to withdraw all funds and balances held in their accounts, and information, materials, and awareness campaigns about the risks of betting activity and over-indebtedness prevention.
5. The notice warns that failure to comply, hiding alternative domains, or any “attempt at technological evasion” will expose the company, its controllers, and legal representatives to applicable sanctions. If the order is ignored, the text says the site can be compulsorily blocked through Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) and the Internet Steering Committee in Brazil (CGI.br) under paragraph 1 of article 23 of the MP.

For licensed operators, this is one of those moments when technical control, customer communications, and fund-outflow handling all land on the same deadline. If your acquiring, PSP, or banking setup still assumes traffic will keep landing on brand-owned pages, Brazil just changed the script.