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Brazilian Court gives Spribe 10 days to block Aviator on illegal betting sites

A Brasília court has ordered Aviator developer Spribe to cut off illegal operators' access to the game within 10 days or face daily fines of up to BR10m ($1.9m).

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Judge Luciana Sette gave Spribe 10 days to block Aviator access for unauthorized betting operators
The court rejected a request to suspend Aviator on licensed, regulated platforms

A court in Brasilia has given Spribe ten days to take measures preventing Aviator from remaining available on illegal betting platforms in Brazil. 

Non-compliance carries a daily fine of BR100,000, initially capped at BR10m. The ruling, issued by judge Luciana Sette of Brasília's 7th Civil Court, came in a civil public lawsuit filed by the Federal District Public Prosecutor's Office (MPDFT).

The judge ordered Spribe to submit a detailed report identifying all authorized operators, aggregators, distributors and partners linked to Aviator, along with the domains, integrations, credentials and other technical mechanisms used to distribute the game. 

She also ordered the company to immediately suspend any integrations, credentials, licenses or access enabling unauthorized operators to offer Aviator in Brazil, and to implement and demonstrate ongoing monitoring, traceability, geo-restriction and blocking mechanisms to prevent the game from resurfacing on illegal sites. 

Spribe must also preserve contracts, integration records, logs, audits and related communications tied to the game's distribution.

The judge rejected a request to suspend Aviator entirely, including on platforms licensed to operate in Brazil, finding that doing so would be "excessively harsh and disproportionate" given the existence of a regulated, supervised market. 

After being notified, Spribe said it audited the flagged addresses and removed original versions of the game found there, but prosecutor Paulo Roberto Binicheski later identified ten additional unauthorized sites offering Aviator.

Brazil's National Consumer Secretariat has also opened a separate investigation into the developer, examining potential misleading advertising and bonus offers that may not comply with Finance Ministry rules.

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Some case documents, including technical reports, intelligence, contracts and credentials, will remain under restricted access and the full suspension request may still be reconsidered during the proceedings if new evidence emerges

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