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Brazil’s Secretariat clarifies betting self-exclusion rules and 72-hour operator deadline

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Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting clarified how the centralised self-exclusion system works, the ministry said. Operators must block a customer within 72 hours of a request, and bets placed before the block takes effect remain valid unless another legal factor applies. The Secretariat said it had no Sigap reports of suspected fraud involving the platform.

Operators must manage the 72-hour blocking period while treating earlier bets as valid absent another legal factor.

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