President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggest
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.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/26/lula-bans-fixed-odds-sports-betting-a-week-before-brazilian-elections
Author : Associated Press
Publish date : 2026-09-26 07:58:00
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