Brazil Bans Online Betting

bratao 70 points 37 comments September 26, 2026
www.reuters.com · View on Hacker News

Discussion Highlights (8 comments)

swingandamiss

Betting, porn, onlyfans, should all be banned for a healthy society.

HyperL0gi

Recipe for winning: introduce a problem, watch society get destroyed by it while you profit from it, then when a big portion of the poor population has too much debt because of the problem you legalized, ban it and offer a solution a couple of months before the election. Save the people, get elected. Win win

rhoads

The same government that approved them now decides to ban them with 2 weeks until the next election. Wtg champs!

kyleee

Brazil should ban motorcycles; I see the craziest vids from Brazil of people on motorcycles robbing and killing people. Wild place

nightsd01

Honestly this is a good thing, and we should ban online sports and casino betting in the US too. They add absolutely zero value to society, they just cause harm. Studies have shown that most of the profit from online sports gambling for example comes from people with gambling addictions. These companies are just greedily sucking away money from vulnerable people. These companies really do ruin lives and destroy families. I can see that maybe prediction markets might offer at least SOME value to society, so if I were made global dictator tomorrow, I wouldn’t ban them right away, but I’d definitely want to see more studies doing a risk benefit analysis.

DivingForGold

Good luck enforcing that ...

shmeeed

I'll go get some popcorn for this thread.

kikoreis

Wow, that is one badass move! Possibly the last time something like this can be attempted before bet money is so ingrained into power it's a non starter. I was just starting to get bored going into October. It's going to be enlightening to see society now grind it out to decide whether it really wants to get rid of the industry.

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