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Brazil’s AGU challenges Fux ruling on betting-account restrictions

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Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office filed clarification motions against decisions by Supreme Federal Court minister Luiz Fux on betting-account restrictions for social-programme beneficiaries, according to reports. The AGU argued that systems cannot isolate benefit payments from other account funds; the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting said CPF-based checks would block all funds in beneficiaries’ accounts. The filing seeks clarification of decisions issued on 19 December 2025.

The challenge concerns how betting operators must apply restrictions to beneficiaries when systems cannot identify the source of funds.

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