Brazil asks to remove 348 influencer profiles for promoting illegal bets
Brazil intensifies surveillance of illegal gambling advertising and requests the removal of 348 influencer profiles. Source: Brazilian Ministry of Justice.
The accounts have a total of 150 million followers and the authorities have already identified more than 60,000 channels linked to illegal gambling.
Brazil's Ministry of Justice has requested the removal of 348 Instagram profiles used to promote illegal betting. The accounts accumulate more than 150 million followers, according to the official statement on November 9.
Since September 25, authorities have identified more than 60,000 sites, profiles, and channels related to these activities: 51,611 websites, 6,596 Facebook pages, more than 900 Instagram profiles, 1,442 Telegram groups, and 127 TikTok profiles.
The number of detected registrations has risen from 20,318 on 9 October to more than 60,000 in November, although the figures do not necessarily equate to effective closures.
The operation is part of Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 (official PDF), which prohibits fixed-odds betting and its advertising in Brazil.
As reported by INFOPLAY, the ban is still pending parliamentary processing. The Brazilian Congress currently registers 99 amendments and the measure entered into an emergency regime on November 9.
In parallel, the Supreme Court is suspending judicial proceedings against the ban, according to Luiz Fux's resolution (official PDF). INFOPLAY also published the revocation of the judicial authorization of three operators.
