Zona de Azar Brasil – Brazil: Sports Betting Concerns Employers in Brazil

Brazil.- May 29, 2024 www.zonadeazar.com The sports betting market in Brazil has been growing exponentially, however, along with it, the warning of cases of addiction to sports betting that are also growing in the news.

Last Sunday, the 26th, journalist Carlos Madeiro, from Uol, published the situation faced by an employer in the Brazilian Northeast.

This is Rafael Tenório, a businessman who works in Alagoas, Rio Grande do Norte and Mato Grosso and has more than 2000 employees. On May 3rd, Tenório published a video where he warned about a problem that has been occurring with his employees.

In the video that quickly went viral, Tenório explains that his company’s human resources department pointed out that there was a large increase in requests from employees to receive financial advances. In 42 years of profession, the businessman highlighted that he has never faced a situation like this.

“We noticed that people were asking for advance payments for vacations, 13th salary, or even loans. Others even asked for agreements to be fired and withdraw their FGTS. There were many employees; So we started to act and discovered that they were involved in betting and electronic games. This is happening in all companies in the group”, says Tenório.

According to him, in an experiment, the businessman claimed to have given R$20 in credit to an employee so that an employee could bet on the controversial “little tiger game” and saw this employee lose everything in just 1 minute and 15 seconds. To deal with the situation, the businessman will bring together all managers next June to discuss the topic with experts in mental health and human resources.

The president of CNDL, Daniel Sakamoto, highlighted the concern about the increase in addiction to online games and mentioned the impact on family consumption and the increase in debt. Daniel also highlighted the inclusion of online games in a survey on consumption habits with the aim of evaluating the impact of such practice.

There is still no specific policy in the SUS, gambling addiction is addressed in the context of mental health. It is not yet possible to calculate the number of people who are being treated for Iudopathy.

On the morning of this Monday, the 27th, sports trader Fábio Nettuno commented on the subject and highlighted that he had already highlighted the possible problems caused by addiction to betting and online gaming. Fábio Nettuno has great know-how on the subject and is one of the main voices addressing the importance of staying alert to prevent and combat addiction to sports betting.

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