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Rio Grande do Sul court orders betting platforms to exclude compulsive gambler

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A judge on the Rio Grande do Sul Court of Justice ordered two online betting platforms to exclude a compulsive gambler, with a daily fine if they fail to comply, according to the report. The judge rejected a request for Brazil’s central bank to block the individual’s betting transactions, finding that such individual monitoring falls outside its legal remit.

The decision places an intervention duty on the platforms while limiting the central bank’s role in individual betting-payment controls.

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