Zona de Azar Brasil – Brazil: Senador Highlights the Impact of Online Apuestas on Family Presumptions

Brazil.- August 8, 2024 www.zonadeazar.com Senator Soraya Thronicke (Podemos-MS) expressed her concern, in a speech in the Plenary on March 6, due to the growing impact of the online statements, including the known online casino. as a “Tigriño” game, in the economy and assumptions of Brazilian families.

The senator highlighted that her criticism does not refer to regulated sports competitions, but rather to an increase in population spending, especially among the lower classes, in these activities.

— According to consultants, the investments represent 1.38% of the family income, in classes D and E, in 2023; y, in 2018, it was only 0.27%, and that is, it increased fivefold in five years, with strong expansion after the pandemic. It’s something that weighs more heavily on those who have lower income, because they don’t have a flexible assumption. If you lose money or spend more on tasks, you find yourself in a difficult situation to close your accounts and cut back or review your spending on questions that you cannot give up, on essential questions: food, study, health-afirmó her.

Soraya cited data published by the newspaper O Globo and showed that online betting consumed 4.9% of spending on food for the poorest families in 2023. It highlights that, in 2023, online betting platforms earned around R$13 thousand million, while the total value of investments reached R$ 120 thousand million, which corresponds to around 1% of the national GDP.

— We know that the game exists in Brazil. We cannot cover the sun with a glue gun and simply cannot legislate or regulate. The situations are too serious for us to simply close our eyes or simply say: ‘Lo let go or don’t let go.’ The problem exists and we have to find a way out of this situation”, she stated. Source: Senate Agency

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