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Brazil's President Lula bans online betting ahead of presidential election

Brazil's President Lula bans online betting ahead of presidential election

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday signed an order banning fixed-odds betting just over a week ahead of the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt.

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