# Brazilian betting refund balance falls to R$159 million > Agência Brasil reported that more than R$1 billion had been returned, leaving R$159 million for banks to refund by October 14. The figures came from company data sent to the federal government. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Finance - Country: Brazil - Published: 2026-10-10T19:03:37+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-10T19:03:37+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-10 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026.md) Agência Brasil reported on October 10 that more than R$1 billion in betting-account balances had been returned to users following the online betting ban. Data sent by the companies to the federal government put the remaining amount to be transferred to users at R$159 million, down from R$1.2 billion; banks have until October 14 to make the refunds. The remaining balances belonged to users who had not withdrawn funds before the voluntary withdrawal period ended on October 5. The company data covered 22.5 million bettors across 70.5 million accounts. Eight companies had not yet sent banks the information needed for refunds; the report said Brazil’s federal government legal office, Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU), would go to court to compel them to provide it. ## Data ### Betting balance refunds Remaining refund amount reported in Brazil as of October 10, 2026. Methodology: Agência Brasil relays company data sent to the federal government. The remaining amount is the balance banks still have to return to users; it is not treated as completed refunds. Bettor and account counts describe the coverage of the company data. | label | value | unit | period | basis | |---|---|---|---|---| | Remaining refund balance | 159 | million BRL | 2026-10-10 | observed | | Bettors in company data | 22500000 | people | 2026-10-10 | observed | | Betting accounts in company data | 70500000 | count | 2026-10-10 | observed | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026/data/brazil-betting-refund-balance?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/brazil-bets-refund-balance-falls-to-159-million-october-2026/data/brazil-betting-refund-balance?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Agência Brasil]() (Source checked: 2026-10-10; Published: 2026-10-10) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)