Brazil’s central self-exclusion platform was designed to cover every operator authorised by the federal betting regulator at once. In September 2026, the public technology agency Serpro reported that more than one million people had used the service. That figure describes use of the tool under the previous market rules.
How the system worked
Under the previous framework, a person could request self-exclusion through the government service without contacting each operator. The notice applied across authorised services, restricting access and new registrations and stopping targeted betting advertising. It did not establish a block across every website on the internet.
The system accepted both fixed-term and indefinite requests. People who had never opened a betting account could also use it. This made it a preventive measure as well as a way to close access to existing accounts.
What changed in September 2026
Provisional Measure 1,394, dated 25 September 2026, prohibited the nationwide operation, offer, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting covered by the measure, including bets on online game events. A list of operators authorised before that change is historical evidence; it does not confirm permission to operate today.
The self-exclusion figures show how a shared system was used before the legal change. They do not establish the status of any individual operator or the current scope of the tool.