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Brazil Finance Ministry withholds betting licensing records under confidentiality rules

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Brazil’s Finance Ministry has refused requests for documents relating to betting-company authorisations, citing protections for personal data. The Prizes and Betting Secretariat said redacting sensitive details would require disproportionate administrative effort and said its systems lacked tools to anonymise selected sections; President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he favours ending betting operations that provide no useful service.

Restricted licensing records limit public scrutiny of authorisation decisions and the identities of platform beneficiaries.

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