After its crucial provisional measure failed last week, Brazil’s government is taking new steps to increase gambling taxes.
Lindbergh Farias, leader of the Workers’ Party in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, has presented a new bill proposing to double the market’s gambling tax rate to 24% of gross gaming revenue.
Farias proposed PL 5,076/2025 on 9 October, notably just a day after the Brazil Chamber of Deputies withdrew a provisional measure that had intended to raise the gambling tax from 12% to 18%.
Under Farias’ bill, half of the revenue from the 24% tax rate would go towards social security and actions within public health, while the remainder would be split between sectors such as sports and culture.
