DigiPlus Interactive Corp. said it expects no material impact on its overall financial or operating position after Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued a September 25 provisional measure prohibiting the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting. The measure covers sports betting and online games, including activities authorized at state and federal-district levels, while lottery categories already permitted by law are excluded.
The Philippine gaming operator said in a September 28 statement that it was taking all necessary steps to comply with the government’s directive, treating the restrictions on fixed-odds betting and online casino games as an operational compliance matter rather than a financial one. The company framed the response around an orderly compliance response while monitoring legal and legislative developments.
Under the government’s timetable, new deposits were prohibited from September 25, and players have until 11:59 p.m. on October 5 to withdraw their balances voluntarily. Betting websites and apps are required to go offline from October 6, with remaining balances due to be returned through banks between October 9 and 14. The primary source does not report any fine or other financial penalty against DigiPlus tied to the measure.
A Brazilian provisional measure takes immediate legal effect on issuance, though congressional approval is required for it to become permanent law. DigiPlus described the situation as fluid and not final, citing continuing legislative and legal processes it said it would monitor, alongside Brazil’s advertising restrictions on betting operators under the measure and proposed limits on customer deposits. The government cited gambling-related health and social harm in explaining the decision.
The company said its immediate priority was to ensure an orderly response, including the timely processing of customer withdrawals and the return of customer funds within the prescribed period. It added that it would provide further updates as appropriate as the congressional review proceeds.
Brazil had been DigiPlus’s first overseas market. Its GamePlus platform soft-launched on September 22, 2025, before the company paused it on October 10 to develop products tailored to local players, leaving the operation in a limited state well before the ban took hold. The company has not disclosed the value of its Brazilian investment or the extent of its current exposure there.
Petra Vanhoof has spent the better part of a decade following the shifting tides of gambling regulation across Europe and beyond. She came up through the compliance side of the industry before pivoting to writing, which gives her a grounded, no-nonsense perspective on the rules, loopholes, and political maneuvering that shape how operators actually do business. She is particularly drawn to the gap between what regulators say and what the market ends up doing in response.