Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections
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Brazil’s president has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting, a move he described as a “cancer” that must be removed. The ban comes just over a week before the first round of the presidential election. Officials say the measure is intended to protect consumers and is expected to gain broad public support.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Reuters·Brazil's Lula bans online betting, unveils debt relief plan as reelection race tightens - Reuters
Brazil's Lula bans online betting, unveils debt relief plan as reelection race tightens Reuters
- BBC News·Brazil's Lula bans online gambling ahead of presidential election
Lula, who is currently in a tight presidential race against Flávio Bolsonaro, said the industry was a "cancer" that he must "remove".
- The Guardian·Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections
President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggestBrazilian 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 w...
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