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Brazil says Dragon PG lacks authorisation after influencer promotes site

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Dragon PG was not listed as authorised to offer fixed-odds betting in Brazil when influencer Any Awada promoted it on Instagram Stories on 25 March. Awada said she did not know the site was irregular; a test cited in the coverage found its Curaçao licence listed as invalid and said it used the Ministry of Finance’s betting-management system name without authorisation.

Operators and regulators can use the case to assess claims of Brazilian authorisation and influencer promotion of unlicensed betting sites.

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Federal District police launch illegal betting operation after SPA referrals

Brazil’s Federal District Civil Police launched Operation Azzardo on 5 November, following communications from the Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting about five months earlier. The investigation led to the blocking of just over R$ 3.4 billion in an alleged illegal betting scheme; ANJL said a fintech had moved about R$ 1 billion for the group. The association cited the operation as evidence of the scale of Brazil’s illegal betting market.

On 5 November, the Federal District Civil Police in Brazil carried out Operation Azzardo, an action against an alleged illegal betting scheme. The operation against the scheme ended with the blocking of a little more than R$3.4bn, according to the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL). ANJL said the action was made possible by communications the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) of the Ministry of Finance sent to the Federal District Civil Police about five months earlier.

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