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Brazil government prepares betting restrictions for debt-refinancing participants

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Brazil's Casa Civil is coordinating a draft presidential decree with the finance, planning and justice ministries, according to reports. The proposed measures would bar people enrolled in a government debt-refinancing programme from online betting and target advertising said to encourage compulsive play; publication is expected in mid-May 2026. The government has not detailed how either measure would be implemented.

If adopted, the decree would restrict eligible customers' access to online betting and impose new advertising requirements on operators.

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