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Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections
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President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggest The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential elec
President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggest The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt. The decision ends the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of betting. Continue reading...
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