By The Weekly Edge desk ·
iGaming Brazil reported that Dario Durigan said more than five million people were barred from betting accounts. The total combines welfare restrictions, voluntary self-exclusion and debt renegotiation participants.
The restrictions require authorised platforms to deny access to affected customers.
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The measure may affect access to regulated self-exclusion and remove a funding source for gambling-related prevention and treatment, according to BNLData.
Brazil’s finance minister has framed the betting-site ban as comparable to a plebiscite within wider political discussion.
Player repayments after Brazil’s betting shutdown exposed accounts now under investigation for suspected money laundering and organised crime links.
The calculations distinguish betting deposits from operator earnings and compare government receipts with operators’ net profits.
The reported fall puts the prohibition's financial impact on authorised Brazilian betting operators at around R$600m a day.
Operators face potential restrictions on website and app features encouraging excessive play, with scope and timing unspecified.