ABRAJOGO held a new edition of its Talks series on Friday, August 7, to examine expected regulatory changes for Brazil’s online gaming market, with the debate centred on a proposed five-second interval between rounds and a ban on autoplay.
According to iGamingBrazil, the association said the meeting was meant to foster a technical discussion of new requirements announced by the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting, or SPA, and to gather industry input before it sends an official response to the agency.
The association said it wanted to analyse the effects of the proposed measures and offer suggestions based on the operational realities of the regulated market. The autoplay proposal would require each round to depend on deliberate physical action by the user rather than automatic spins.
The wider ordinance expected from the federal government would also bar on-screen timers, celebratory sound effects, pre-selected deposit values, and tactics that make withdrawals harder, such as pop-ups or deceptive bonuses. It would also prohibit rankings of top winners and limit statistics and tutorials that could make customers think success depends mainly on study or personal skill.
The draft rules were presented as part of a broader tightening of betting controls after July’s World Cup advertising measures, which required warnings about financial losses in commercials. The SPA, an organ of the Ministry of Finance, is responsible for authorising, regulating, monitoring, inspecting and sanctioning companies in the sector.
ABRAJOGO said it will forward the statement setting out the main points discussed at the meeting to the SPA next week.
