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Brazil's SPA and Caixa set data-sharing process to block Fies beneficiaries from betting

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Brazil's Secretariat of Prizes and Betting and Caixa Econômica Federal signed a 12-month cooperation agreement to block beneficiaries of the Desenrola Fies debt renegotiation programme from betting on authorised fixed-odds platforms. Caixa will share beneficiaries' CPF identification numbers with the SPA, which will pass identified records to operators for blocking; the process does not cover unlicensed sites.

Operators of authorised Brazilian betting platforms will need to block identified Desenrola Fies beneficiaries from placing bets.

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