Brazil's betting regulator has published Ordinance 2750, establishing a nationwide system for monitoring financial flows to unlicensed operators. Banks and payment institutions must now block transactions linked to unauthorised betting firms and flag suspicious patterns.
The ordinance defines an "irregular agent" as any person or company accepting wagers without a licence. Accounts belonging to such agents are frozen once a violation report is issued, triggering an administrative procedure to confiscate funds for the federal budget.
The document lists dozens of indicators banks must watch for: repeated small deposits, high volumes of transfers from individuals with no commercial tie to the recipient, sequential creation of new Pix keys and QR codes after blocks, and mismatches between declared activity and actual flows—such as a newly registered company receiving thousands of micro-transactions. When suspicions are confirmed, the bank must notify SPA the next business day.
SPA maintains a current list of licensed operators on its website, available for download and API integration. After identifying violations, SPA sends a blocking order to the financial institution. The bank freezes the operator's accounts, prevents new transactions in its favour, and informs customers that the transfer was blocked by regulatory order. The central bank receives a copy of each notification.
The ordinance builds a mandatory financial surveillance network involving banks and fintech firms. Licensed operators have long called for state action against illegal platforms. SPA has already blocked 66,000 domains and removed thousands of unlicensed operator profiles from social media as part of the same programme, detailed in the SPA/MF regulatory agenda for 2026–2027, which covers operator authorisation, integrity controls, risk prevention and advertising oversight.
