The São Paulo municipality announced a BR4.5m ($850,000) investment in a 20-year lottery concession.
A BR4m ($742,000) payment from Corinthians to the law firm representing Pixbet has surfaced in documents from one of Brazil's congressional inquiries.
The Secretariat of Prizes and Betting has granted operators 30 additional days to implement preventative systems against social welfare beneficiaries.
The authority has distanced itself from several sites which it affirms are not connected to the regulated Maltese industry.
The upgrade aims to modernize both retail and digital operations.
IBJR argues that a 15% tax would penalize licensed operators and push consumers toward unregulated betting.
According to the regulator, they had previously warned Spribe that it was operating under an inappropriate licence and needed to apply for the correct one.
The merger has now passed the necessary regulatory conditions, completing for an AU$55.4m transaction fee.
The 2021 State Gambling Treaty is currently under evaluation by the German Government.
This partnership brings SlotMatrix content to Portuguese players while supporting EU regulated market growth for the supplier.