{"id":137111,"date":"2026-05-08T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=x4eyetnp"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:30:46","slug":"brazilian-betting-license-requirement-for-app-store-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/08\/brazilian-betting-license-requirement-for-app-store-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian betting license requirement for App Store availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/brazilian-betting-license-requirement-for-app-store-availability.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Following changes to Brazil\u2019s fixed-odds betting regulation, apps with fixed-odds betting (gambling) features can now be distributed on the App&nbsp;Store in Brazil with a valid fixed-odds betting license from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/fazenda\/pt-br\/composicao\/orgaos\/secretaria-de-premios-e-apostas\">Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA)<\/a>. If any of your apps include these features (indicated by selecting \u201cYes\u201d to the gambling question in the age rating questionnaire in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect), you\u2019ll need to provide this license. Keep in mind that answering \u201cYes\u201d to the gambling question in the age rating questionnaire will set your Brazil age rating to A18.<\/p>\n<p>A new app version must be submitted to initiate the license verification process. Updating the App&nbsp;Review Information section in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect alone won\u2019t start a review. When submitting a new version of your app for review:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Include your license information in the App&nbsp;Review Information section in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your license details in the Notes field.<\/li>\n<li>Attach any supporting documents using the file attachment field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please ensure that your app complies with all disclosures and warnings requirements, including but not limited to age restrictions and gambling risks, as required under the law. For questions regarding your legal obligations, please contact your legal counsel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/reference\/app-information\/age-ratings-values-and-definitions#brazil-age-rating-values\">Learn more about Brazil <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">age ratings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov.br\/en\/web\/dou\/-\/portaria-spa\/mf-n-1.231-de-31-de-julho-de-2024-575670297\">Learn more about Brazil\u2019s fixed-odds <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">betting regulation<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following changes to Brazil\u2019s fixed-odds betting regulation, apps with fixed-odds betting (gambling) features can now be distributed on the App&nbsp;Store in Brazil with a valid fixed-odds betting license from the Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA). If any of your apps include these features (indicated by selecting \u201cYes\u201d to the gambling question in the age [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-developer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}