{"id":2164409,"date":"2026-09-26T03:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2164409"},"modified":"2026-09-26T03:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:22:17","slug":"brazils-lula-bans-online-gambling-ahead-of-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2164409","title":{"rendered":"Brazil’s Lula bans online gambling ahead of presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva announcing new economic measures in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva has announced a ban on online gambling, just days before an election in which he is seeking a fourth term as the country’s leader. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lula, who is running against the son of the incarcerated former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, signed a provisional order on Friday that “prohibits all sports betting and online casinos”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The online gambling industry in Brazil was legalised in 2018 and has since been blamed for widespread household income losses due to addiction. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lula described the industry as a “cancer” in his announcement, adding “either we remove the tumour, or it kills us”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The move comes just over a week before the first round of voting in Brazil’s presidential election. Recent polls have the 80-year-old leader almost neck-and-neck with Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The new measures must receive congressional approval within 120 days to remain in force. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lula acknowledged online betting was created under the former President Michel Temer’s administration but that it “grew without regulation under Bolsonaro’s management”, in a statement on X .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said that there were “no restrictions” particularly for preventing children and adolescents from accessing online betting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We won’t allow betting companies to profit at the expense of Brazilian families’ income and lives,” the president added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The president described how he had heard from families who had sold everything in their houses because of their gambling addictions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Separate to the online betting order, Lula also signed a bill to penalise criminal offences related to fixed-odds betting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this week, at the United Nations General Assembly, Lula accused the industry of “transforming addiction into profit”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro called the gambling crackdown “populist, hypocritical and politically motivated” during a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Most types of gambling, such as casinos and slot machines, are illegal in Brazil, but ever since online betting was legalised in 2018, it has exploded in popularity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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About 59.9% of Brazilian adults support banning internet betting, a survey by Atlas and Bloomberg published this week has found. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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