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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.