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Quando a MP 1.394 perde a validade? The art. 62 clock
MP 1.394 lapses from about 5 March 2027 on an art. 62 count. The dated table: day-45 urgency, the recess pause, §11, and what a lapse would change.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Can I withdraw bet winnings to someone else's Pix key?
No. Portaria SPA/MF 615/2024 sends bet withdrawals and prizes only to an account in the bettor's own name. Arts. 2, 3 and 7, read from the text.
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Can I use a credit card on a licensed bet in Brazil? No.
Art. 3 §2 VII of Portaria SPA/MF 615/2024 bars credit cards and all post-paid instruments. The eight banned means and four permitted rails, from the text.
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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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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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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.
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Authorized by court order: Brazil's second list of bets
The Finance Ministry's transparency hub publishes two registers, not one — 85 companies authorized administratively, and a separate page for those operating under a court injunction. What the split tells a bettor, and what it does not.
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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.
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Casino product rules are next on the SPA's desk
Online-casino product regulations are expected from the regulator around August, per official channels — landing just after SECOM's advertising reforms banned income-promise marketing in July.