Quote from: shasan on Today at 05:05:03 PM

Quote from: EarnOnVictor on Today at 10:18:05 AM

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Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazilian authorities on Friday began closing down more than 2,000 betting sites, including those that sponsors popular football team Corinthians and other first division clubs, as part of a push to regulate online gambling.

Source: Brazil ordered the closure of 2000 betting sites

What do you guys think, is it the right step? What will the government lose or gain? What will the citizens lose? Will the closed websites cooperate? Many might want to take their business elsewhere as they like to operate where the regulations are weak.

Do you think Brazilians would cooperate with the government? Some may think of VPNs to bypass the government's restrictions, but this might put them into trouble with casinos. I wonder how many of them know this.

It takes a bold step to do this and it looks like some countries are now waking up. Regulation is important in the gambling sector, it's better not to have gambling outlets at all than to have them do as they like without proper accountability and even pocket all the money without giving the government what is due to them. As for the government, the tax due is not justified if not used properly, sensitises/educates the people about gambling and protects the rights of the citizens/residents.

I love it when I read this, which shows the government's seriousness in collaboration with licensed casinos/sportsbooks.

I did not understand that they had such a number of gambling sites. Now I am thinking of how many gambling sites they still have that they have not restricted. I also wonder why they banned those sites and why they have not blocked other sites.

For sure there would really be some exemptions on which there would really be that still sites who could really be able to operate not unless if this one would be a total ban but actually this would really be somewhat raises up some questions on why in a sudden they have decided on doing this? For sure this would really be that in connection into possible gambling addiction rises and other concerns on which the government did really end up on trying out to get rid of this kind of problem or whatever reason they might have.

2000 gambling sites isnt a joke number and just like on what most people been talking on here in speaking about taxation about such thing which we know that this is really something
big that they have let go if we do speak about closing but well it is really that their own choice on what they are really that doing. Each decision would really be having those corresponding
reason on which this is something understandable.