Roobet in Brazil: regulatory status after MP No. 1.394

At the time of writing, Roobet does not appear on the list of authorized companies published by the Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas do Ministério da Fazenda (SPA/MF). According to the Brasil sem Bets portal, since September 25, 2026, sports betting and online casinos have been prohibited in Brazil.

This page gathers the information available from official Brazilian sources and from Roobet's own help center regarding the brand's regulatory status in the Brazilian market. No product analysis, access methods, or registration process is presented, as there are no citable primary sources that would allow verification of these aspects given the current regulatory context.

The SPA/MF authorized companies page

The Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas, linked to the Ministério da Fazenda, maintains on its portal an active transparency page listing companies authorized to operate fixed-odds betting in Brazil. The header of that page indicates that the list includes companies authorized up to the effective date of MP No. 1.394/2026. This public registry gathers the operators that completed the authorization process conducted by the federal government and serves as the reference for verifying the status of any brand in the Brazilian regulated market.

At the time of writing, Roobet does not appear on that list. The absence indicates that the brand did not obtain the authorization required by the Brazilian regulatory framework to operate within the national territory. You can consult the list on the Ministério da Fazenda portal without needing to register.

What MP No. 1.394 establishes

Medida Provisória No. 1.394, dated September 25, 2026, entered into force on the date of its publication. The text, available on the Planalto portal, establishes that fixed-odds betting authorizations expire at the end of a thirty-day period counted from the publication of the measure. The measure also prohibits advertising of fixed-odds lottery betting, both in physical and virtual media.

The territorial scope is broad: the provisions apply even when the offering is made by an agent based abroad. This extension means that the text is not limited to operators with a physical presence in the country. The MP defines a betting operator agent as the legal entity that has received authorization to operate fixed-odds betting.

The Brasil sem Bets portal, maintained by the federal government, states that since September 25, 2026, sports betting and online casinos have been prohibited in Brazil. The portal serves as a direct communication channel with the public regarding the effects of the provisional measure.

How Roobet presents itself

On the welcome page of its help center, Roobet describes itself as an online casino that claims to be licensed and regulated. The brand states it offers more than 7,848 games, provided by suppliers such as Evolution Gaming, Play'n Go, and Pragmatic Play. In addition to the third-party catalog, Roobet lists twelve proprietary house games: Crash, Roulette, Dice, Mines, Towers, Pinko, Mission Uncrossable, Coinflip, Black Jack, Limbo, Keno, and Slide. Customer support, according to the same page, operates with live assistance 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

All of this information consists of statements published by the brand itself on its help center. The license mentioned by Roobet could not be confirmed through a primary source from the cited regulator. The page consulted does not verifiably identify which regulatory authority would have issued the declared license, which prevents independent verification of this claim. The editorial team did not find on the page a license number or direct reference to a regulatory body that would allow confirmation.

Roobet's restricted territories list

Roobet maintains on its help center a page listing jurisdictions and territories whose residents cannot access the site or open an account. The list published by the brand includes Aruba, Australia, Bonaire, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Malta, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Korea, Saba, Saint Maarten, Saint Martin, South Sudan, Statia, Syria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. Brazil is not on that list.

The presence or absence of a country on an operator's internal list has no effect on that territory's legislation. In Brazil, the legality of a betting operation depends on the authorization granted by the SPA/MF, in accordance with current regulation. The geographic restriction policy defined by the operator itself is a unilateral decision by the brand, with no connection to the Brazilian regulatory framework. The restricted territories list does not replace the SPA/MF authorization requirement.

Refund of bettor balances

MP No. 1.394 establishes a mechanism for refunding amounts to bettors. The financial and payment institutions that hold the transactional accounts of betting operator agents are responsible for returning existing balances. The period defined by the measure is seven days, counted from the receipt of information sent by the operators themselves. Amounts that cannot be refunded through this channel are transferred to a specific account at Caixa Econômica Federal, which is responsible for safekeeping until the bettor requests withdrawal.

The Brasil sem Bets portal details the planned schedule: the banks that operate with betting platforms automatically return unwithdrawn balances between October 9 and 14, 2026. If you do not receive the funds within that period, the portal advises contacting Caixa Econômica Federal starting October 14. This mechanism refers to transactional accounts of operators that held authorization, and there is no source indicating that it applies to balances held at Roobet, which does not appear on the list of authorized companies.