800 influencers exposed for promoting illegal gambling in brazil

[Russlenat]

Influencers are really trying to find a way to make money, even if it's an illegal casino they will promote it.

Maybe this is because of the recent prohibition in Brazil as based on what I read starting November 13, 2026. Sports betting is reportedly prohibited.
I'm not from this country, I just find the article I read worth sharing, so if anyone here is from Brazil, maybe you can share what is really happening there, I mean the real situation on the ground, so we can have a better discussion.

From this article.

Brazil trade body identifies over 800 influencers promoting illegal betting on Instagram

More than 800 influencer profiles have been using Instagram to promote links to illegal betting sites in Brazil.

[Charles-Tim]

That is what I am also thinking. That it will be because gambling is banned in Brazil recently is the reason.

They should not call it illegal betting sites so far gambling is no more legal in Brazil and the president that illegalized it won the election and they are not taking it lightly with people that are promoting gambling.

[bakasabo]

800 accounts were identified as promoting illegal gambling. But then what? Authorities put those accounts on monitor but did nothing besides identification. Authorities havent identified account owners. Would be more effective if account owners were identified and they faced at least a warning, but better fines. I dont think that this 800 account identification would somehow make an impact on gambling popularity in Brazil. With +200 million population, those 800 accounts is nothing. They can even belong to 1 person, who will abandon them and create new.

[ZeroVinsonN]

The sites themselves are not illegal but just that since gambling has been banned in the country gambling as a whole has become illegal, so if you are not in the country you can still visit those sites which can be why some influencers are still promoting them because they also probably also have fans outside the country but they should know to keep to the laws of the country they are in.
The current state of gambling in Brazil will stay this way for a while because this government has no intention of going back on this ban on gambling though it's just going to lead to illegal gambling since gambling will always try to find a way to keep gambling.

[Inior]

This is also another reason why It’s advisable not to believe everything online. The article made it look like these influencers didn’t the promoting even after gamble as been flagged illegal. And also the term used by the article writers “illegal betting site” is wrong because gamble was banned not certain sites. If few casinos were banned then it would have been ok.
So my question is now that the ban has been initiated are all the influencers mandated to delete every post concerning previous promotions of gamble?

[Russlenat]

They should not call it illegal betting sites so far gambling is no more legal in Brazil and the president that illegalized it won the election and they are not taking it lightly with people that are promoting gambling.

It's how the news was presented, there are no more accurate words for that since those gambling sites they promoted are also illegal anyway. But it's up to them how they word it, the point is since betting has been banned, so it's just expected that bettors who are used to gambling will find alternatives and that is outside the country, probably they are talking about offshore casinos.

800 accounts were identified as promoting illegal gambling. But then what? Authorities put those accounts on monitor but did nothing besides identification.

They acted on it.

Influencers who promote illegal betting houses had their profiles taken down in Brazil after a request from the Federal Government to Meta, the owner of the social network.

Just translate to English.

[Jubilee58]

This promotion of gambling sites in Brazil might be termed illegal because gambling in Brazil has been banned, therefore these influencers are doing it to their own detriment. To me, this is a very high risk being taken by these influencers because if they are caught, the government can take a decisive action against them, and not only them, I equally believe this gambling sites must be aware of the activities of this influencers, so even them will face more penalties for violation of the order of the federal government.

To be on the safer side, gamblers should consider using offshore gambling sites more especially those who gamble online so that they won't invite the anger of the federal government to themselves.

[CryptSafe]

Whether gambling is legal or illegal that is not my issue, my main bone of contention here is centred on the influencers because they are just focused on making money without doing or conducting due diligence before anything and this gives to show that majority of the influencers do not really take their time to do their findings on products and projects they promote via their social media handles and for the fact that they have a huge followership, they just want to take advantage of them to make much money without properly having a look into whatever they are being paid for to promote via their handles. This makes people more vulnerable just because they trust and believe whatever their influencers promote via their page's. I think the government should begin to look into influencers and their activities on what they promote to their community.

[Charles-Tim]

It's how the news was presented, there are no more accurate words for that since those gambling sites they promoted are also illegal anyway.

If all the gambling sites are referred to and not the gambling sites that were illegal before the total ban on gambling sites in the country, using illegal is not accurate at all.

Illegal can be used if some gambling sites are still legal in the country. But if there is a law already that ban all the gambling sites, no need of using illegal because all gambling sites are illegal. They can just use illegal gambling sites just like this:

800 influencers exposed for promoting gambling in brazil.

[NewRevelation]

The sites themselves are not illegal but just that since gambling has been banned in the country gambling as a whole has become illegal, so if you are not in the country you can still visit those sites which can be why some influencers are still promoting them because they also probably also have fans outside the country but they should know to keep to the laws of the country they are in.
The current state of gambling in Brazil will stay this way for a while because this government has no intention of going back on this ban on gambling though it's just going to lead to illegal gambling since gambling will always try to find a way to keep gambling.

Isn't it already on? Those influencers promoting the gambling sites are doing it for some gamblers to gamble and do there thing. The gambling is really telling on gamblers over there, especially addicts. For those who are just getting newly into gambling, maybe they can manage, but for those who are already into it and somehow depends on it, they may really be frustrated and may find other means to gamble secretly or illegally, and that's why we are seeing this.

No matter what, a law is a law, and so long as the ban keeps standing, it will be prohibited for any person to promote or gambling within the country. This means that if those influencers real identities are uncovered, they may face some legal terms by the Brazilian government.

[Alex077]

800 accounts were identified as promoting illegal gambling. But then what? Authorities put those accounts on monitor but did nothing besides identification. Authorities havent identified account owners. Would be more effective if account owners were identified and they faced at least a warning, but better fines. I dont think that this 800 account identification would somehow make an impact on gambling popularity in Brazil. With +200 million population, those 800 accounts is nothing. They can even belong to 1 person, who will abandon them and create new.

I agree that identifying 800 accounts alone is unlikely to have any significant impact on the illegal gambling market in Brazil. Especially considering how easy it is these days to create new social media accounts and keep promoting the same casinos. So what's much more important isn't the number of accounts they've found, but what specific actions the authorities are planning to take against the people behind them and the operators of these illegal platforms.

However, I wouldn't say that this kind of work is completely useless. Identifying these accounts could be the first step in an investigation, especially if law enforcement is trying to uncover connections between advertisers, illegal casinos, and payment processors. But if all they do is put together a list of 800 accounts, then the actual results will be pretty limited.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

This promotion of gambling sites in Brazil might be termed illegal because gambling in Brazil has been banned, therefore these influencers are doing it to their own detriment.

But these influencers have followers from different part of the world, it is not just Brazilian citizens that are consuming their content, people from other countries where gambling is legal are also watching and subscribing to the channel of those influencers, so I don't really think the influencers should be stopped as long as they are not doing misleading ads or directing their citizens to also gamble on the site they are prompting. I was looking through their previous reports if I could see any place the government previously warned influencers not to promote gambling site but I didn't see. If they didn't want influencers to promote gambling after they banned it, then they should have also made an announcement on that.

[Bigjoe33]

It's how the news was presented, there are no more accurate words for that since those gambling sites they promoted are also illegal anyway.

If all the gambling sites are referred to and not the gambling sites that were illegal before the total ban on gambling sites in the country, using illegal is not accurate at all.

Illegal can be used if some gambling sites are still legal in the country. But if there is a law already that ban all the gambling sites, no need of using illegal because all gambling sites are illegal. They can just use illegal gambling sites just like this:

800 influencers exposed for promoting gambling in brazil.

Yea, I gat your points, and that is the real or proper sentence to have been made, and not illegal. Why illegal why they are no longer on operation? If they were operating and still existing, and maybe, an unauthorized gambling site without a legal license is also operating somewhere in the country, then we can refer to it as illegal.

Altogether, the government is really trying to see how they can curb gambling addiction in the country, and on the other hand, gamblers or addicted gamblers are really going through lot. It's a huge sacrifice from the part of the Brazilian government to forgo the revenue the country gets from these gambling companies to make them unoperational. Gamblers just have to adapt to the new wave.

[retreat]

Maybe this has something to do with their rules that have already banned gambling, so promoting it is considered illegal. But it's kind of weird to see a country that used to make money from the gambling industry now starting to go after people involved in it. It just shows how gambling regulations in a country can change so drastically, and hopefully, they stick to their stance to keep fighting gambling like their president's campaign.

[Mutuvasilin]

This promotion of gambling sites in Brazil might be termed illegal because gambling in Brazil has been banned, therefore these influencers are doing it to their own detriment.

But these influencers have followers from different part of the world, it is not just Brazilian citizens that are consuming their content, people from other countries where gambling is legal are also watching and subscribing to the channel of those influencers, so I don't really think the influencers should be stopped as long as they are not doing misleading ads or directing their citizens to also gamble on the site they are prompting. I was looking through their previous reports if I could see any place the government previously warned influencers not to promote gambling site but I didn't see. If they didn't want influencers to promote gambling after they banned it, then they should have also made an announcement on that.

Maybe from the government’s point of view, if the games themselves are banned then promoting them should be banned too. But yeah, that needed to be clearly written down instead of leaving it up to influencers to interpret.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

So I guess there's only one way to deal with this, that is to shutdown those social media accounts of this influencers are obviously they are promoting illegal gambling in Brazil. Or give them a hefty find that they won't try to do it again.

But the thing is that there are a lot of illegal casinos that are willing to spend a lot of money to this influencers that they can't refuse the offer. At the end of the day, we are talking about big money and so this influencers are going to bite into it.

[Princess Leah]

This is also another reason why It’s advisable not to believe everything online. The article made it look like these influencers didn’t the promoting even after gamble as been flagged illegal. And also the term used by the article writers “illegal betting site” is wrong because gamble was banned not certain sites. If few casinos were banned then it would have been ok.
So my question is now that the ban has been initiated are all the influencers mandated to delete every post concerning previous promotions of gamble?

Same way the promoter where trying to earn through promotions and affliate is how article writer twisted the whole story to look interesting, everything online is about interest lately that's why i always like to verify before believing or concluding about a particular story, you could imagine the number of people that would believe the story.

 It might be legit but some won't know the actual truth behind it. Based on your question, I'm not from that country but i think the government wouldg make the influencers take down posts promoting the banned casinos, only the ones regulated by them would be allowed for promotion.

[RGBTC]

I believe they would continue with the promotions if they were bound by long-term contracts, especially since there are no explicit legal consequences governing such violations. From another legal perspective, the casino might also have the authority to refuse the termination of a contract due to the intervention of a third party.

[Oasisman]

800 is a lot of numbers. The least they can do is to take down their pages and ban them permanently.
I think similar happened here in my country where they tracked down hundreds of influencers promoting illegal gambling websites. All of the accounts were taken down, and those big time influencers who had massive number of audiences and followers are being fined thousands of dollars.

This only indicates how the gambling industry in this era has been thriving, that even illegal gambling websites are willing to allocate huge amount of money for advertising and promotions.