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Brazil’s SPA requires betting operators to check central self-exclusion records

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Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Bets issued rules requiring fixed-odds betting operators to consult the SIGAP self-exclusion register when users register, at their first daily login and every 15 days for existing accounts. Operators must block new bets and start account closure within three days when an existing user is flagged; the rule gives operators 30 days to implement the procedures.

Operators must update registration, account-review and customer-communication processes to comply with the new self-exclusion checks.

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Brazil’s federal self-exclusion platform records 462,831 registrations

Brazil’s Finance Ministry’s Secretariat of Prizes and Bets recorded 462,831 self-exclusions on the federal online betting-blocking platform, according to a media report. Users can block access to all government-authorised betting sites for periods from one month to indefinite; 69.86% selected an indefinite block. The ministry did not say how many users completed their exclusion period and returned to betting platforms.

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