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Brazil’s Finance Ministry launches betting-site self-exclusion platform

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Brazil’s Finance Ministry launched a platform allowing people to block their access to betting and online gaming sites and suspend related advertising for a period. The measure stems from a five-year technical cooperation agreement with the Health Ministry; the plan also includes telehealth support and staff training for the following year.

Operators will need to account for a public tool that enables users to block betting access and related advertising.

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Brazil finance ministry drafts betting-platform restrictions, including five-second intervals

Brazil’s federal government has drafted restrictions on online betting platforms, according to people familiar with the discussions. The proposed rules include a five-second pause between bets and bans on autoplay, time-pressure features, preselected stakes, celebratory sounds and prompts discouraging withdrawals; the text awaits final technical review before publication.

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