Over 326,000 Brazilians registered on federal self-exclusion platform
The Brazilian government has reached a significant milestone in its consumer protection policies after announcing that more than 326,000 people have already joined the Centralized Platform for Betting Self-Exclusion. The figure, officially confirmed last Friday, February 27, reflects the public's response to institutional campaigns that seek to demystify the activity under slogans such as "betting is not investing" and warnings about the risks to mental health and family stability.
This tool, operational since December, allows users to manage the simultaneous blocking of their accounts across all licensed operators in the country with a single request. Once the exclusion is activated, the system prevents the creation of new registrations and blocks the sending of targeted industry advertising to the user.
Integration with the public health system
The platform not only functions as an access filter but also as a guidance channel to the Unified Health System (SUS), providing information on specialized care points for the treatment of problem gambling. This measure is part of a broader strategy derived from the final report of the Interministerial Working Group (GTI) on Mental Health, published last September, which includes the training of 20,000 professionals from the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS-SUS).
Upcoming actions in protection and prevention
The Brazilian government has a set of complementary initiatives underway to mitigate the harms associated with betting:
- Health standardization: Development of a health self-test model and minimum clinical care guidelines within the SUS.
- Sports integrity: Creation of educational materials for athletes on preventing match-fixing and promoting integrity in sports.
- Institutional framework: Establishment of a Permanent Committee for the Prevention and Reduction of Harms related to fixed-odds betting.
- Awareness: Deployment of institutional communication campaigns focused on risk prevention and harm reduction.
Despite these advances, public discussion on social media remains polarized, with some sectors demanding even stricter advertising restrictions and others questioning the legalization of the sector, calling for a return to a total ban on online gambling.
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