Kaizen Gaming Vows Jobs Are Safe Amid Brazil Betting Ban Fight
Kaizen Gaming, the parent company of sportsbook and casino brand Betano, says it remains “committed to Brazil” and has guaranteed the jobs of its Brazilian staff will stay safe while the country’s online gambling ban works its way through Congress.
The operator issued the pledge in a statement on LinkedIn, published after a wave of posts from across Brazil’s igaming community reporting job losses since a provisional measure banning online casino gaming and mobile sports betting took effect on September 25.
"To our colleagues in Brazil: we have guaranteed that your jobs are safe until the end of the process before the National Congress of Brazil for the validation or not of the provisional measure," Kaizen Gaming said, as reported by InterGame Online.
Congress must ratify or reject the measure within 120 days of enactment, a window complicated by planned legislative recess and a presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro set for October 25.
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Kaizen argued the fallout from the ban extends well beyond betting operators themselves. "The effect reaches well beyond betting companies, to small and medium businesses in technology, telecommunications, media, services and education, and to the wider sports economy, affecting thousands of people," the company said.
The statement pointed to the financial cost of pulling back a market that opened less than two years ago.
Kaizen said regulation had brought self-exclusion tools, betting limits and protections for Bolsa Família beneficiaries, alongside tax revenue of roughly BRL7.3 billion in the first half of 2026 alone, putting the full year on track for around BRL15 billion.
That income, the operator said, had been supporting healthcare, tourism and public security spending.
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Kaizen is considering legal action against the provisional measure, arguing a ban “doesn’t make demand disappear” and instead risks pushing bettors toward illegal operators that offer “no protections and no contribution to the country.”
The company said it continues to comply fully with the law in the meantime and will honour social investment commitments already made, while operators and regulators work through how a ban would interact with the responsible gambling safeguards built into the regulated market since launch.
“The measure is not final. We believe in the rule of law, in Brazil's institutions and in dialogue, and we hope the country builds on the progress it has made rather than loses it,” Kaizen Gaming added.
"Betting carries real risks. Prohibition is not protection. Rules, oversight and education are. We remain committed to Brazil, and we are here for the long run."
