Brazil betting representatives forecast 20% user decline under benefit-recipient ban
A Brazilian government rule took effect on 1 December requiring regulated betting platforms to block beneficiaries of Bolsa Família and the Continuous Benefit Payment (BPC), reject their registrations, deposits and bets, and return available balances. Betting-sector representatives estimated the restriction could remove about 20% of users from regulated sites; the measure followed a Supreme Federal Court ruling and Federal Court of Accounts recommendations.
Operators must block ineligible benefit recipients and return their available balances under the rule.