Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) has published Ordinance No. 1,231, which sets out the rules and guidelines gambling operators must adhere to regarding responsible gaming as well as communication, advertising, publicity and marketing actions.
Published in the Official Gazette of the Union, the document also regulates the rights and duties of bettors and operators that must be respected to operate legally in the country.
Responsible gaming is defined in the ordinance as a set of rules, practices and activities aimed at ensuring the economic exploitation, promotion and healthy and socially responsible advertising of this modality and prevention and mitigation of individual or collective harm resulting from the activity.
The ordinance states that operators must prevent and mitigate the negative impacts gambling can have on a person, including mental health due to addiction, compulsion, mania or any other associated disorder, such as pathological or abusive gambling; on ..