Brazil plans to bar welfare beneficiaries from gambling
Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting is finalising rules to prevent recipients of Bolsa Família and the Continuous Cash Benefit from gambling, including online betting, Regis Dudena, the secretary, said. The plan would exclude identified beneficiaries from gambling accounts regardless of the funds they use, in response to a Federal Supreme Court directive upheld in November 2024. Officials said the rules were in their final phase, but gave no publication date.
The proposed restriction would require gambling platforms to identify and exclude customers receiving the two named benefits.