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Brazilian government bars credit-linked transfers to online betting platforms

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Brazil’s provisional measure establishing the updated Desenrola debt-renegotiation programme prohibits credit operations linked to transfers to bets. The measure’s Article 16 applies to Pix Crédito, although it does not name that payment method; lawyers cited in the source said the broad wording covers it.

The prohibition affects how bettors can fund online gambling through credit-backed Pix transfers.

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