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Brazil’s SPA bars welfare beneficiaries from fixed-odds betting

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Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting issued rules barring Bolsa Família and Continuous Cash Benefit Program beneficiaries from fixed-odds betting. Operators must check users against a government database and block and close matching accounts, returning deposited funds; the Finance Ministry gave them 30 days to implement the system.

Betting operators must update registration checks and account procedures to comply with the new restriction.

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ANJL survey says 45% of social-benefit recipients may shift to illegal betting

A survey commissioned by the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) found that 45% of social-benefit recipients surveyed said they would move to illegal betting if barred from using betting platforms, the association said. Cruz Consulting conducted the poll among beneficiaries from 15 to 18 October; the government measure was due to take effect on the first of the following month.

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