Senior officials responsible for drafting and enforcing Brazil’s regulated betting framework will address industry participants at SBC Summit Rio, as the country’s online gaming market moves into its next phase.
The 2026 edition of the event will take place at Riocentro from March 3-5, with regulation at the centre of the agenda. Sessions will cover licensing, enforcement, marketing standards, payments oversight, integrity and institutional cooperation.
Representatives from key federal and municipal bodies are expected to attend, including the Ministério da Fazenda, the Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA), the Ministério do Esporte, the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ), Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados (Serpro), the Polícia Federal, the Conselho de Controle de Atividades Financeiras (COAF), the Secretaria de Esportes do Município do Rio de Janeiro, the Conselho Nacional de Autorregulamentação Publicitária (CONAR) and the Comissão de Jogos Lotéricos OAB/RJ.
Bringing authorities directly into the programme is expected to give delegates insight into regulatory priorities and compliance expectations shaping the market’s development.
The regulatory focus will open with a keynote titled The Making of a Regulated Market, featuring Daniele Correa Cardoso, acting secretary of the SPA at the Ministry of Finance, and Giovanni Rocco, national secretary of sports betting and economic development of sport at the Ministry of Sport. The session will be moderated by Andre Gelfi, managing partner Brazil at Betsson and president of Instituto Brasileiro de Jogo Responsável.
Cardoso is involved in shaping rules for fixed-odds betting, including licensing requirements and compliance standards, while Rocco oversees policy linking betting regulation with broader initiatives to support Brazil’s sporting ecosystem.
“This keynote will help delegates better understand what regulators are trying to achieve, so they can align their strategies early and build operations that are both engaging for players and sustainable for the long term,” Rasmus Sojmark, chief executive and founder of SBC, said.
Other panels will examine how the new framework is being applied across marketing, payments and technology. Speakers include Renato Silva Siqueira, chief executive of CAIXA; Fabio Macorin, undersecretary for monitoring and enforcement at the Ministry of Finance; Elaine Kato, superintendent of treasury and labour business at Serpro; Juliana Albuquerque, vice president of CONAR; Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva, minister at the STJ; Ricardo Saadi, director of investigation and combating organised crime at the Federal Police and president of COAF; and Guilherme Nogueira Schleder, secretary of sports at the Rio de Janeiro municipal sports secretariat.
The event will also host representatives from state-run lottery operators, including CAIXA, Loterj of Rio de Janeiro, Lotese of Sergipe and Loteria Mineira of Minas Gerais.
With regulation setting the pace for Brazil’s betting sector, the summit aims to provide a forum for direct dialogue between policymakers, enforcement authorities and market participants at a key stage in the industry’s development.
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Original article: https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2026/02/19/117688-officials-shaping-brazil-betting-rules-to-address-sbc-summit-rio
