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.
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Brazil ordered the closure of 2000 betting sitesWhat 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.
This kind of thing will help the addicted gamblers mostly, because when the casino they uses frequently are been closed for ever they might be forced to quit gambling. However, this kind of situation affects the casino owners mostly because in most countries, gamble business is almost the surest thing one could open, although it's also risky because someone might be lucky enough to win the kind of amount that the owners of the casino doesn't even have. Like a story someone told me, that someone won a huge amount of money but the casino owner had to tell the person to wait for some time so that they could provide the money the gambler won.
So am just emphasizing on the point that, the government knows what's best for the people.