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Brazil prepares system to block athletes from online betting platforms

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Brazil’s Sports Betting and Economic Development Secretary Giovanni Rocco said on 14 August that the government is developing a system to prevent active and federated athletes from using online betting platforms. The plan would provide betting companies with athletes’ CPF numbers so they can block access; the restriction also covers other specified sports professionals under Law 14.790.

Betting operators may need to block athletes and other covered sports professionals under the planned system.

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Brazilian industry representatives warn betting ban could expand illegal market

Industry representatives warned at a Supreme Federal Court hearing in Brazil that the betting ban could shift activity to unlicensed operators. The Ministry of Justice said it had requested the removal of 36,905 websites between 25 September and 29 October; representatives also said betting volumes fell 32% in the latest three-month data compared with a year earlier.

A debate has intensified in Brazil over whether the betting ban protects consumers or steers gambling toward unregulated operators. The matter featured at a Supreme Federal Court (STF) public hearing on Tuesday. At that hearing, 34 entities discussed Provisional Measure 1.394, the measure that banned betting in Brazil.

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