Brazil: City council weighs betting ad ban on public property
A bill before Uberlândia city's legislature would bar betting platform advertising on municipal buildings, squares and publicly funded events.
A bill before Uberlândia city's legislature would bar betting platform advertising on municipal buildings, squares and publicly funded events.
As cities and states across Brazil race to write their own betting advertising rules, operators are stuck compiling a growing rulebook country by country, precisely the kind of patchwork the Federal Government was supposed to prevent.
Brazil's government has enacted legislation allocating a share of revenue collected from fixed-odds betting operators to a Federal Police funding vehicle, a measure first introduced in April.
The Brazilian city has published a decree banning advertising for fixed-odds betting platforms on billboards, public transit and street furniture across the municipality.
Lula's administration will support legislation banning algorithm-based online casino games while preserving Brazil's regulated sports betting market.
Luana Piovani has again called for the arrest of influencer Virginia Fonseca after a court ordered her to remove non-compliant betting advertisements, as Fonseca faces civil action tied to gambling promotion.
The proposed measures would establish minimum standards for operators' complaint handling and player health services.
Brazil's consumer protection agency in Ceará found that the operator allowed a self-excluded bettor to open a new account and deposit funds despite being enrolled in the country's nationwide exclusion system.
The supplier is now set to integrate its content onto bet365’s Brazil platform for players in the region.
Brazil's football confederation has opened a formal probe into an unusual volume of bets placed on a yellow card shown to Fluminense midfielder Lucho Acosta after Sportradar flagged the activity.