The Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, says he has already passed on to Anatel the list of bets that should be blocked
Sites with 2,027 bets will go offline this Friday (October 11, 2024). The measure is due to irregularities involving these betting houses. On Thursday (Oct 10), the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, he said have passed on to Anatel (National Telecommunications Agency) the list of bets that must be blocked.
According to the minister, it will still be possible, in some cases, to access an irregular website in the coming days. “There are 20,000 companies providing internet services in Brazil, small companies, which are also doing this work”, he declared, adding that some companies may take “1 or 2 days to answer Anatel”.
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Haddad said that Anatel will now be informed about an attempt to “scam”, such as changing the address of illegal websites. He reinforced that this communication work by the Treasury is “permanent”.
“As soon as we become aware of the new address, that address will be blocked if it has not been authorized”, he stated.
The minister also said illegal companies will not advertise in Brazil due to the law. Big tech has committed to blocking this type of advertising.
REGULATION
Fernando Haddad also said that the process of regulating bets and betting companies that request the license granted by the Treasury to operate in Brazil from now on will follow the designated period of 180 days.
“Unlike those that were on air now, they will only be able to go on air after being authorized. Now, we are respecting the flow of those that are in the process of regularization”he said.
PAYMENT METHODS
The Finance Minister also said that there are “technical conditions” of the Treasury to prohibit the use of payment methods. He mentioned having discussed the issue with Lula and that this had already been done with credit cards and cash.
“This list can be added to by other payment methods. So, once the decision has been made, we will be able, from a technical and technological point of view, to adopt the decision taken by the Ministry of Finance. be it the Bolsa Família card, be it the scholarship card, whatever it is, we are able to block its use immediately”he said.
CRITIQUES
Haddad once again criticized the government Jair Bolsonaro (PL) because of betting regulations. “We stayed there, because of the previous government, for 5 years without any type of regulation”he declared.
On September 27, Haddad said that the legislation determined that the regulation of betting shops had to be carried out by Bolsonaro. In a critical tone, he also said that Lula’s predecessor “sat on top of the problem”.
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