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Brazil plans decree restricting online gambling access and advertising

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Brazil is preparing a presidential decree that would restrict online gambling access for participants in a government debt refinancing programme and prohibit misleading or compulsive-behaviour-inducing advertising. The Civil House and the Finance, Planning and Justice ministries are drafting the measure, which is expected to be published in May 2026; implementation details remain unspecified.

Operators may need to assess potential access and advertising restrictions, although the decree’s implementation criteria have not been set out.

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