Brazil's highest betting turnover of 2025 belongs to lawyer Tomaz

According to an analysis by Brazil's Secretariat of Prizes and Bets, lawyer Willer Tomaz generated a betting turnover of about 886 million euros on the Blaze platform in 2025. This was the highest individual total identified in the country that year, and it is nearly twice that of the person in second place. Turnover does not reflect newly deposited money, but the amount that was played, won and redeposited many times over.

According to CNN Brasil and G1, the 25-page technical note contains 97 items. Blaze's data show more than 45.7 million euros in deposits and about 35.4 million euros in withdrawals over the year. Because the note is not available in a public state archive, the figures are based on news reports.

According to the note, Blaze had rated the account as medium risk, while the secretariat considered the highest or critical risk category appropriate. It was reported that on October 30, Tomaz made 14 equal deposits totaling about 1.24 million euros, and the next day made 12 withdrawals totaling about 1.06 million euros within 18 minutes. The analysis stated that this pattern could indicate transaction splitting. This is a regulatory assessment. It is not a finding that money was laundered. Tomaz's defense says the movements were made from his own bank account in a transparent and traceable manner.

On October 18, the Supreme Federal Court opened an investigation into Tomaz, his companies and Flávio Bolsonaro. The rapporteur is Alexandre de Moraes. Emails obtained by the police showed that Bolsonaro was registered as the main user on the bank account of Alcazar Holdings, which belongs to Tomaz. The two speak of a friendship and deny a business relationship. The opening of an investigation does not mean an indictment or a conviction.