Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced that participants in Novo Desenrola Brasil, a debt renegotiation program for indebted consumers, will be blocked from using licensed online betting platforms for one year.
The announcement was made on Thursday night, April 30, during a Labor Day address broadcast on national radio and television. The program is expected to be launched today, Monday, according to the announcement.
“Anyone who joins the new Desenrola Brasil will be blocked for one year on all online betting platforms. It was not our government that let bets enter Brazil, but it is our government that will put a limit on the destruction they have been causing,” stated the president on national radio…