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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.
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Resolução BCB 569, reviewed: the payments rail as the enforcement layer
The Banco Central added indicators of unauthorized betting operators to the fraud data-sharing regime. The obligations bite on 30 October and 1 December 2026 — neither has arrived. Reviewed as market infrastructure, not compliance paperwork.
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A juvenile court, not the SPA, ordered the nationwide Pixbet block
A first-instance court in Campina Grande ordered the nationwide blocking of Pixbet's platforms on 2 September and fixed R$4.7m in accrued fines, per Paraíba outlets. The regulator is a recipient of that order, not its author — though it had suspended the same brands itself three weeks earlier.
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SPA suspends 14 licensed platforms after a year-long probe
Suspension orders issued 14 August cite responsible-gaming system breaches and Sigap reporting failures, per the regulator. The first large-scale enforcement wave against licence holders, not pirates.