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Go-to LatAm content and platform developer unveils new terminals division following retail success in several Brazilian states

Vibra Gaming, the go-to LatAm content and platform developer  has launched a new retail VLT division dedicated to the rapidly regulating region following its initial success in several Brazilian states.

Vibra VLT provides flexible options enabling our technology to work with any customer request. In combination with our current online casino and sportsbook platform offering, the VLTs complete a true omnichannel solution, GLI-certified and ready for Brazil and other countries’ regulatory requirements. Plans include to launch terminals in Mexico and Peru in the coming months as well. 

Our EGM platform used by the terminals has been specifically designed for this region. It can adapt to any existing hardware clients already have in place, featuring in-house localized and third-party aggregated content. This type of flexibility is a big demand in the Latam region and a fundamental aspect of Vibra’s approach to market.

Vibra’s success in offering its own platform and content on terminals in Brazil in the last year accelerated the launch of the new VLT division. Plans are to significantly expand its content portfolio across hundreds more video lottery terminals in Brazil following the great reception of its games on VLTs in the states of Paraíba and Maranhão.

In June 2023, Vibra became one of the first providers to launch lottery-certified content on VLTs and retail terminals with its ‘Scratch-a-Lot’ product becoming an instant fan favorite. Scratch-a-Lot is a GLI-certified game built specifically for instant lottery markets such as Brazilian states, United States Class-2, and other countries around the globe. It allows players to experience the excitement of Vibra’s traditional casino games like Piggy Cash and Condorito, in jurisdictions that only allow lottery products.

Ramiro Atucha, CEO, Vibra Gaming, said: “Today is a really proud day for the team and I. We now have a complete full range of content and technology products with the launch of Vibra VLT.

“We offer our own content (Vibra Gaming), our own omnichannel platform and technology solutions (Vibra Solutions), and now our own VLT platform solutions (Vibra VLT), catering to any need customers may have, all of which is fully flexible and fully localized for the LatAm market.”

“Our first steps in the VLT market have been hugely successful, integrating our platform and our content across terminals in Brazil and the launch of the new division is the next, natural step. We’re very excited for the future.”

 

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São Paulo appeals court rejects SPRIBE bid to halt Aviator Studio Brazil operations

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Aviator Studio Brazil has won two consecutive decisions in São Paulo rejecting SPRIBE’s request for an injunction aimed at stopping its operations, according to the company.

The latest ruling came from the São Paulo Court of Appeals (2nd Reserved Chamber of Business Law) on 16 April. The court declined to grant urgent relief and allowed Aviator Studio Brazil to continue operating with partners including Foggo Entertainment (Blaze) while the broader AVIATOR trademark dispute proceeds through the judicial process.

In its decision, the Court of Appeals cited three points highlighted by Aviator Studio Brazil: controversy over SPRIBE’s claimed exclusive rights to the “AVIATOR” trademark, no showing of imminent or irreparable harm, and the fact that Aviator Studio Brazil is operating under a licence from Aviator LLC, the effects of which will be assessed during the case.

The company also referenced a separate proceeding that SPRIBE announced on 15 April involving NSX Betnacional. Aviator LLC said neither it nor Betnacional were initially aware of that matter, and stated that once it became known, Aviator Studio Brazil moved to support Betnacional and assume responsibility for defending use of the AVIATOR brand.

Commenting on the decision, George Pruidze, CEO at Aviator Studio, said:

“Following two consecutive victories in both the trial court and appeal courts in São Paulo, it is clear there is no basis for the urgent measures sought by SPRIBE. Aviator Studio Brazil continues to operate lawfully under licence, and we remain fully committed to supporting our partners and defending the AVIATOR brand wherever necessary.

“As similar actions by SPRIBE continue to trigger proceedings in Brazil, including the ongoing matter involving Betnacional, we will continue to stand behind our partners and ensure the legitimate use of the AVIATOR brand is protected. We are confident that the same facts and legal position will continue to prevail as these cases progress.”

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Bets, vapes e a ilusão da proibição

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A discussão sobre a proibição de apostas online no Brasil ressurge em um momento sensível do debate público, marcado por soluções simplistas para temas complexos.

Neste artigo, Thiago Iusim, fundador e CEO da Betshield Responsible Gaming, analisa os paralelos entre o mercado de cigarros eletrônicos e o setor de ‘Bets’, destacando como a tentativa de eliminar uma atividade por decreto tende a empurrá-la para a informalidade.

Para ele, a experiência brasileira mostra que proibir não extingue mercados — apenas reduz a capacidade de controle do Estado e amplia riscos para o consumidor.

O Brasil já viu esse filme antes.

Existe uma solução mágica que sempre reaparece no debate público brasileiro, normalmente em período eleitoral, quando um tema se torna politicamente incômodo: proibir.

A lógica é sedutora. No discurso, o “problema” desaparece. Na prática, ele apenas muda de endereço.

O caso dos cigarros eletrônicos mostra isso com clareza.

Os vapes nunca foram autorizados no país. São oficialmente proibidos desde 2009. Em teoria, portanto, não deveriam existir em terras tupiniquins. Na prática, estão por toda parte, sem controle sanitário, sem fiscalização efetiva e sem qualquer garantia sobre a procedência do produto.

A proibição não eliminou o mercado. Apenas eliminou a possibilidade de cercá-lo com regras.

Uma reportagem recente da CNN sobre o avanço das apreensões de cigarros eletrônicos ajuda a dimensionar esse fenômeno. O país não acabou com os vapes. Apenas empurrou esse mercado para um ambiente onde o Estado perdeu capacidade de controle.

O Estado proibiu. O crime organizado agradeceu e aplaudiu de pé.

Essa experiência ajuda a entender o momento atual do debate sobre apostas online no Brasil.

As bets já existiam antes da Lei 14.790/2023. Durante anos, o país conviveu com um mercado ativo, acessível pela internet e operando a partir do exterior, sem arrecadação, sem supervisão e sem instrumentos efetivos de proteção ao consumidor.

A atividade não surgiu com a lei. A lei surgiu porque ela já existia.

Regular foi a forma racional de trazer esse mercado para dentro de um ambiente controlável, com licenças, outorgas, identificação de usuários, prevenção à lavagem de dinheiro, regras de publicidade, mecanismos de proteção ao jogador.

Dezesseis meses depois, o debate público volta a flertar com a mesma solução simplista aplicada aos vapes: a ideia de que proibir faria a atividade desaparecer.

A essa altura, já deveríamos saber que não funciona assim.

No caso das apostas, o Brasil havia escolhido um caminho diferente: regular para controlar. Proteger o cidadão e a economia popular.

Voltar agora a discutir proibição como resposta para um mercado que já existe seria mais do que um erro regulatório.

Seria uma contradição histórica.

Ou, talvez, apenas a manifestação mais confortável de um certo moralismo público que prefere empurrar a atividade para a clandestinidade em vez de reconhecer sua existência.

No plano do discurso, a proibição pode soar vitoriosa. Na prática, ela serve apenas como embalagem moralmente confortável para soluções apressadas e politicamente convenientes.

Isso não passa de fantasia eleitoral. E, desta vez, ninguém poderá dizer que não conhecia o roteiro.

Thiago Iusim
Fundador e CEO da Betshield Responsible Gaming

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Sports Betting, E-cigarettes and the Illusion of Prohibition

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The debate over banning online betting in Brazil is resurfacing at a sensitive moment in the public discourse, marked by simplistic solutions to complex issues.

In this article, Thiago Iusim, founder and CEO of Betshield Responsible Gaming, analyzes the parallels between the electronic cigarette market and the ‘Bets’ sector, highlighting how attempts to eliminate an activity by decree tend to push it into informality.

According to him, the Brazilian experience shows that prohibition does not eliminate markets — it merely reduces the State’s ability to control them and increases risks for consumers.

Brazil has seen this movie before.

There is a magic solution that always seems to return to public debate, especially in election season, whenever an issue becomes politically inconvenient: ban it.

The logic is seductive. In the political narrative, the issue disappears. In real life, it simply moves elsewhere.

E-cigarettes make that point painfully clear.

Vapes have never been authorized in Brazil. They have been officially banned since 2009. In theory, they should not exist. In practice, they are everywhere, sold through social media, messaging apps, marketplaces, street vendors, and small retail shops, with no sanitary controls, no effective oversight, and no real guarantee of origin.

Prohibition did not eliminate the market.

It only eliminated the possibility of surrounding that market with rules.

A recent CNN report on the surge in e-cigarette seizures helps show the scale of the problem. Brazil did not get rid of vapes. It simply pushed the market into an environment where the state lost the capacity to control it.

The state banned it. Organized crime applauded.

That experience helps explain the current debate around online betting in Brazil.

Bets existed long before Law 14,790/2023. For years, Brazil lived with an active market operating online and from abroad, with no local tax collection, no regulatory oversight, and no effective consumer protection tools.

The activity did not emerge because of the law. The law emerged because the activity already existed.

Regulation was the rational response. It was the way to bring an already existing market into a controllable framework, with licenses, concession fees, user identification, anti-money laundering requirements, advertising rules, and player protection mechanisms.

And yet, just eighteen months later, public debate is once again flirting with the same simplistic solution applied to vapes: the fantasy that prohibition would make the activity disappear.

By now, Brazil should know better.

In the case of betting, the country had chosen a different path: regulate in order to control. Protect consumers. Protect the broader economy.

To now return to prohibition as a response to a market that already exists would be more than a regulatory mistake.

It would be a historical contradiction.

Or perhaps simply the most comfortable expression of a certain kind of public moralism that would rather push an activity into the shadows than acknowledge its existence.

In political discourse, prohibition can sound like victory.

In practice, it often functions as morally comfortable packaging for rushed and politically convenient decisions.

This is nothing more than electoral fantasy. And this time, no one will be able to say they did not know how the story would end.

 

Thiago Iusim
Founder and CEO of Betshield Responsible Gaming

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