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Brazilian Congress receives 14 amendments on betting restrictions in debt plan

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Brazil’s Congress received 14 amendments proposing betting restrictions for participants in the Novo Desenrola Brasil debt renegotiation programme, according to the report. The bill’s original text would bar participants from fixed-odds betting for 12 months; proposals range from six months to the full contract period. A joint committee is due to analyse the measure.

Operators may need to apply betting-access restrictions to customers enrolled in the debt renegotiation programme if the measure becomes law.

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