Brazil's online betting tax take offers a fiscal lesson for the region

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Brazil's federal government collected close to R$10 billion in tax from licensed betting operators during 2025, the first full year of its regulated market, turning a once informal corner of the internet into a recognised line on the national accounts.

For finance ministries across Mercosur watching their fiscal margins narrow, the figure is difficult to ignore.