The Brazilian iGaming market is rapidly growing. In the first five months of 2026, its revenue reached 5.89 billion reais (1.18 billion dollars), which is an 85.88% increase compared to the same period in 2025.

A total of fines were issued to 11 companies, including Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Riot Games, and Ubisoft.

Apple Inc. complied with the demands of Brazil’s antitrust regulator. The company made several changes to its ecosystem operations in the country, including allowing third-party app stores on iOS.

Apple has updated the rules for app placement in the Brazilian App Store for services that include betting. Now, developers must obtain a license for conducting betting activities from Brazil’s regulator.

The Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR) criticized the proposal by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to ban online betting in the country. According to the organization, shutting down the legal betting market will not eliminate demand but will instead lead to the growth of the illegal sector, where player protection mechanisms are absent.

A Brazilian court has ordered Apple to allow apps outside the App Store on iOS within the country, mirroring a decision previously implemented in the European Union. The corporation has three months to comply with this mandate.

The Abragames Association has published a 149-page report on the Brazilian gaming industry. We share facts from it.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has criticized video games. He said that they can make children more aggressive and provoke violence.

Brazil’s mobile gaming market is booming. Analytical company data.ai I calculated that last year Brazilians spent $640 million on in-game purchases in them. This is 12.3% more than in 2021.

The Administrative Council for the Economic Protection of Brazil (CADE) said it approved the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft Corporation without any restrictions.

This will make it the tenth largest in the world, Newzoo analysts predict.

The Brazilian authorities have launched an investigation, according to the results of which the country may completely ban loot boxes. Several major publishers are mentioned in the case. Companies that refuse to turn off these mechanics in the event of a ban may face daily fines of over $700 thousand.The National Association of Centers for the Protection of Children and Adolescents (ANCED) appealed to the authorities to ban loot boxes.

The Brazilian gaming market is thriving, which cannot be said about the gamers themselves. Last year, the players brought the country $1.6 billion. At the same time, most people can only afford mobile games, Newzoo analysts write.

The turnover of the Brazilian gaming market grew to $2.24 billion over the year. 40% of this amount is revenue from mobile games.

Mobile developer and publisher Wildlife Studios has raised $60 million to expand the business. As part of the financing round, the company was valued at $1.3 billion.

The Brazilian industry has grown noticeably in four years. The number of gaming companies in the country has more than doubled.

Brazil ranks 13th in terms of spending by gamers, according to the analytical company Newzoo. According to her forecasts, by the end of the year Brazilians will spend $ 1.5 billion on the games.

The analytical company Fiksu has studied how much it costs to get into the top 25 free App Store apps in different countries. It turned out that the most “expensive” country is the USA.

The prolonged fashion for retro in the wake of imitations and the desire of many teams to save on art, still sometimes leads to amazing projects that would never have come out if the market had not been ready to accept numerous strange, often unreasonably popular products that exploit the love of older players for their first games.