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Como recuperar dinheiro perdido em apostas after MP 1.394
MP 1.394 revoked the ludopatia nullity many guides still cite. The routes left for money lost on bets in Brazil, the evidence each needs, and the gap.
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News
Como bloquear site de apostas no celular after MP 1.394
Brazil's gov.br betting self-exclusion is unavailable under MP 1.394. What still blocks bets on Android and iPhone, dated and sourced.
News
Como fazer autoexclusão em sites de apostas, after MP 1.394
Brazil's central betting self-exclusion platform now says it is unavailable under MP 1.394. The gov.br steps, the 72-hour window, and where help remains.
News
Brazil betting ban refund deadline October 5: MP 1.394
Withdraw by 23h59 on 5 October. After that, MP 1.394 voids open bets, routes balances by CPF to your own bank account, and makes Caixa the fallback.
Tax
Do I pay tax on betting winnings in Brazil? The four steps
Yes, above a threshold: IN RFB 2.299/2025 taxes a year's net betting prize at 15% above the first IRPF band, paid by April. The rule, step by step.
Reviews
How long does a bet have to pay a withdrawal in Brazil?
Portaria SPA/MF 615/2024 gives a bet 120 minutes from your withdrawal request, and a separate 120 minutes to pay a prize. Both clocks, article by article.
News
What happens to my money when a bet is suspended in Brazil?
Withdrawal-only under a precautionary measure, a 180-day cap on suspension as a penalty, the 2024 exit deadline: what each SPA act does to a balance.
Reviews
Consumidor.gov.br or Fala.BR: one route keeps score, the other keeps a file
The betting segment on Consumidor.gov.br is populated — 161 companies ranked on complaints finalised in the past year — and the platform publishes how each of them answers. Reviewed as redress, against the ouvidoria route at Fala.BR.
Reviews
One form, every authorized bet: the central self-exclusion system, assessed
Since December 2025 a single gov.br request has closed a CPF across the whole authorized perimeter at once, and cut the ad targeting with it. Assessed as a consumer instrument, the architecture is right; the edges are where the harm sits.
News
Blocked at signup: Sigap's Impedidos module and the three-day closure rule
A CPF on Bolsa Família, the BPC, Fies or a public debt renegotiation now fails the check before an account exists. The Finance Ministry's 20 August note sets out the API call, the three-day closure deadline and the refund clause attached to it.
Reviews
The 10% warning box, reviewed as disclosure design
Since 17 July every betting advertisement in Brazil must carry a Finance Ministry warning across at least a tenth of its area. Assessed as consumer-disclosure engineering, the area rule is the strongest thing about it — and the reason its gaps are so visible.
Reviews
The Bets ANGB register, used as a consumer tool
The public register of Brazil's licensed bets reported 87 active licences as of mid-2026. It is the bettor's one real licence check — this review covers how to use it, and where its readability and update lag let the reader down.