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Data sent by the companies to the federal government put the remaining amount to be transferred to users at R$159 million, down from R$1.2 billion; banks have until October 14 to make the refunds.","The remaining balances belonged to users who had not withdrawn funds before the voluntary withdrawal period ended on October 5. The company data covered 22.5 million bettors across 70.5 million accounts. Eight companies had not yet sent banks the information needed for refunds; the report said Brazil’s federal government legal office, Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU), would go to court to compel them to provide it."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"BR","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"المبلغ المتبقي للرد في البرازيل كما أُبلغ عنه في 10 أكتوبر 2026.","de":"Am 10. 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Der verbleibende Betrag ist das Guthaben, das Banken noch an Nutzer zurückzahlen müssen, keine abgeschlossene Erstattung. Die Zahlen der Wettenden und Konten beschreiben den Umfang der Unternehmensdaten.","en":"Agência Brasil relays company data sent to the federal government. The remaining amount is the balance banks still have to return to users; it is not treated as completed refunds. Bettor and account counts describe the coverage of the company data.","es":"Agência Brasil recoge datos empresariales enviados al Gobierno federal. El monto pendiente es el saldo que los bancos aún deben devolver a los usuarios, no reembolsos completados. Los recuentos de apostadores y cuentas describen la cobertura de los datos empresariales.","fr":"Agência Brasil reprend des données des entreprises transmises au gouvernement fédéral. Le montant restant est le solde que les banques doivent encore rendre aux utilisateurs, et non des remboursements effectués. Les nombres de parieurs et de comptes décrivent la couverture des données des entreprises.","pt":"A Agência Brasil reproduz dados das empresas enviados ao governo federal. O valor restante é o saldo que os bancos ainda devem devolver aos usuários, não reembolsos concluídos. Os números de apostadores e contas descrevem a abrangência dos dados empresariais.","tr":"Agência Brasil, şirketlerin federal hükümete gönderdiği verileri aktarıyor. Kalan tutar, bankaların kullanıcılara henüz iade etmesi gereken bakiyedir; tamamlanmış ödeme olarak değerlendirilmez. 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