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Mato Grosso do Sul launches Lotesul site as lottery tender remains suspended

Tenders & awards

Mato Grosso do Sul’s Finance Secretariat launched an institutional website for the state lottery, Lotesul, on 29 December, the report says. The state audit court, TCE-MS, has kept the tender for the lottery operator suspended since 15 July, leaving the start date for operations undetermined. The site includes information about the lottery and responsible gambling.

The suspended operator tender leaves the state lottery’s launch timetable uncertain despite the new institutional site.

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Enforcement & compliance

Mato Grosso police investigate influencer and husband over illegal betting

Mato Grosso Civil Police launched Operation Aposta Final in Cuiabá and Várzea Grande on 14 October, investigating an influencer and her husband over suspected links to illegal online betting and money laundering. The operation is executing 19 judicial orders and includes authorisation to block up to R$102.4 million. Police said two companies receiving users’ Pix payments were absent from the Ministry of Finance Secretariat of Prizes and Betting’s authorised-operator list.

The Civil Police of Mato Grosso launched Operation Aposta Final in Cuiabá and Várzea Grande on 14 October, investigating a digital influencer, her husband and their suspected links to a criminal faction accused of running illegal online betting platforms and laundering money. The operation is carrying out 19 judicial orders and authorises the blocking of up to R$102.4m in the accounts of those under investigation, according to the police.

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