Brazil has formally launched a national policy to prevent and fight sports result manipulation, giving its regulated betting market a clearer federal integrity framework just as the new legal system starts to settle in. The policy was created through Interministerial Ordinance No. 1 of March 25, 2026, signed by the ministries of Sports, Finance, and Justice and Public Security.
The move is not a surprise. Brazil’s ministries had already created a working group in 2025 to design the policy, and the betting legislation page maintained by the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting now lists the new ordinance as part of the country’s formal fixed-odds betting framework.
The plan ties prevention, monitoring, and policing together
According to the Sports Ministry, the policy is meant to connect prevention work, market monitoring, and criminal enforcement into one system. The ministry said the policy includes education and awareness campaigns for athletes, coaches, referees, managers, and other sports professionals, alongside public information work to defend fair play and the unpredictability of sport.
The same policy also leans on data and investigation. The Ministry of Finance, through the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting, is tasked with monitoring the betting market and reporting signs of irregularity to the proper authorities. On the law-enforcement side, the Justice Ministry and Federal Police are expected to strengthen information sharing, investigations, and cooperation with national and international bodies.
Operators are now part of the integrity system
The ordinance does not target only athletes and match officials. It also expects betting operators to play a direct role. The Sports Ministry said the policy encourages operators to adopt good practices for spotting suspicious patterns, while the Finance Ministry can require the reporting of suspect operations and compliance with integrity requirements.
That is important in Brazil’s new market. Betting companies are no longer being treated simply as licensed sellers of odds. They are being pulled into the national system, with obligations tied not just to tax and licensing but also to suspicious-bet detection and reporting.
Brazil is tightening the market as it grows
The timing tells its own story. Brazil spent 2025 building its legal betting framework and creating the working group that would draft this policy. By April 2026, the government had moved from planning to a published national policy backed by three ministries and the Federal Police.
For the market, the message is plain. Brazil does not want integrity handled through one-off scandals or private alerts. It wants a permanent national system around match-fixing, betting patterns, and sports fraud. That will not end the problem. It does mean the country now has a formal framework for dealing with it, and operators, regulators, and law enforcement are all expected to work inside it.
