🇧🇷 Brazil directs betting revenue to federal policing

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has enacted Law of Conversion No. 8/2026, expanding funding sources for the Federal Police Fund to include betting-related revenue. 📊 This marks another step in linking Brazil’s regulated gambling market with public-sector financing. For the industry, it shows how betting taxes and fees are becoming part of wider state policy, not just gaming regulation. ⚖️ 🇧🇷 That could strengthen political support for the market, while raising expectations around compliance, transparency and social impact. Source: SBC Noticias. 🌐 Source: SBC Noticias