Online poker in Brazil

Author

Vargoso

Published

11/13/2018

Updated

1/17/2024

Brazil is the largest South American country (occupying 47% of the territorial area) and the only one that doesn't speak Spanish: Portuguese is its official language.

Brazil is popular for producing one of the best coffee in the world, but mostly for the samba and the Rio Carnival, a huge party held in Rio de Janeiro every year with a Sambadrome and lots of events in the Copacabana beach. When you visit Brazil don't forget to taste a real Caipirinha with Cachaça, the national cocktail.

A Brazilian Real (BRL) worth about 0,27USD ($1USD = 3,76BRL). Brazilians are very friendly people and football is a real passion there; Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup 5 times; even former Brazilian football superstars like Ronaldo and Neymar have joined to popular online poker sites like PokerStars as ambassadors.

But football is not the only sport that Brazilians practice, as they rank 11 in the all-time money list of TheHendonMob with $160,349,070. Andre Akkari is perhaps the most popular player as he has been a PokerStars ambassador for a long time.

Online poker legal background in Brazil

Online gambling is still in a grey area in Brazil. There are no licensed gambling operators in the country but is perfectly legal to play in any offshore poker room, that are good news for players, as they can choose the best poker rooms to play in. It is expected that in 2019 the government regulates the market, and the discussion is served in the country to consider poker a sport of skill or a game of chance.

Best online poker sites available for Brazilian players

Chico Poker Network
BetOnline
4.7
Bitcoins accepted
4.7
Bonus
100% up to $1,000
Rakeback
VIP
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Independent
WPT Global
4.2
Bitcoins accepted
4.2
Bonus
100% up to $1,500
Rakeback
VIP
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Independent
ClubGG
4.2
Mobile poker app
4.2
Bonus
Rakeback
up to 65%
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Independent
PPPoker
4.6
Mobile poker app
4.6
Bonus
Rakeback
up to 50%
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GG Network
GGPoker
4.8
Bitcoins accepted
4.8
Bonus
100% up to $600
Rakeback
up to 60%
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Club based apps

We consider Club based apps like PPPoker, PokerBros, and Suprema Poker to be the top deals in 2024. Brazilian players are welcome to join the action from low to high stakes with our full money guarantee.

Winning Poker Network

Americas Cardroom is the flagship room of WPN in Brazil. Winning is popular for having very good traffic at all NLH and PLO stakes (from NL10 to NL5000) and a very good tournament grid. Worldpokerdeals complements this with a very good rakeback deal.

Chico Poker Network

BetOnline is the best option for Brazilian poker players in the Chico network. Deposits and withdrawals can be processed using ecoPayz, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and bank transfer. BetOnline has good traffic both in NLH and PLO and also offers jackpot S&G (Windfall).

Payment methods available for Brazilian poker players

Brazilian poker players can use a wide selection of payment methods available:

Boleto Bancário - is one of the most popular payment processors in Brazil and is often used by online poker rooms to process deposits and withdrawals. Boleto Bancário processes almost 4 million transactions per year, 25% of the Brazilian market, and is not only accepted by poker rooms but also popular by services such as Skype.
MuchBetter - is a new iGaming payment app widely accepted by online poker sites in Brazil, including PokerStars, 888Poker, and VBet and it accepts local methods such as Sofort, Giropay, and bank transfers.
PicPay - is a mobile payment platform very similar to Skrill and allows Brazilian poker players to process deposits and withdrawals from poker rooms.
Credit cards - Visa and MasterCard are widely accepted on online poker rooms offering its services in Brazil.
Cryptocurrencies - like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum are accepted by GGpoker, Bodog Poker Latin America, Chico, and WPN network.

Conclusion

The online gambling market in Brazil is huge: USD 800M is the estimated money in bets and more than 2,5M people are registered in online poker rooms, most of them are active daily. Next year, the government will pursue a regulation, hopefully just to take a piece of the cake with taxes and not to forbid it.