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Brazilian footballers obtain interim orders over betting use of their names

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Brazilian footballers obtained provisional court orders barring betting operators from using their names and images in player-specific markets, including bets on goals, cards and fouls. The orders concern claims against Verabet, Cassino BET, bet365 and Betano, and may be challenged or reviewed during the proceedings.

The orders may require operators to remove affected players’ names and images from individual performance markets while the cases proceed.

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BNLData disputes Comsefaz’s R$ 62.5bn betting loss estimate

It was reported that cases involving betting at Rio de Janeiro’s TJRJ rose from 58 in 2024 to more than 689 between January and September this year. It says the Comsefaz estimate that households lost R$ 62.5bn in 2025 relies on Pix flows, while legal operators’ revenue was R$ 36.9bn, according to figures cited in the study.

It was reported that the number of betting-related cases at the Rio de Janeiro state court, the TJRJ, rose from 58 in 2024 to more than 689 between January and September this year. The cases concern unpaid winning bets, changes to odds, blocked accounts and withdrawals, and clauses considered abusive, according to the report.

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