Legalized online gambling in Brazil is leaving more people in debt

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Gambling has been a huge disaster for the country as a whole. If it were up to me, I would have already banned all gambling platforms in the country. But to make matters worse, the government is studying a state-owned gambling platform.

I expect a change in this in the coming months..

evangelical churches are starting to get concerned about this and we are starting to see the evangelical base in congress react against.. [1][2]

When people that has lost all their money on gambling stop paying the tithe, that many evangelical churches demand, the movement against it between churches leadership will gain a LOT of traction..

[1] https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2024/11/bets-chegam-as... [2] https://noticias.gospelmais.com.br/bets-de-jogos-de-azar-ban...

This money is better spent with bets

Better yet, spend all in beer and get drunk.. at least you'll have a hangover to show for it at the end..

Yup. They couldn't care less about gambling addiction. They're just mad they're not getting a cut.

Isn't this true of basically any country?

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