800 influencers exposed for promoting illegal gambling in brazil

[Outhue]

There are too many people in Brazil that surviving on gambling, this is the part that the government of that country failed to look into before putting an end on gambling in that country, it's a very stupid move because these people will have to survive one way or the other, and they are going to start asking questions once crime start increasing even more? I am not talking about this who use money to gamble all the time, not the addicted ones but people who feeds base on promoting gambling, why not just do the needful like better regulation instead of call it off completely? I am not surprised that the numbers is up to 800, I believe there is more they aren't apprehend just yet. Well I guess there isn't any legal casinos in the country left to promote then, it's why they chose to start promoting illegal casinos. The government should just give them work maybe or work something out, this isn't the solution.

[qwertyup23]

I am very curious- what is the penalty for illegal promotion of gambling? Will they be penalize criminally or civilly? Given that they still continued to advertise despite the prohibition, it seems like these influencers are not that scared of such penalties.

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.

The fact that they still continued to promote gambling despite the prohibition mandated by their laws mean that either the enforcement of the law or its execution could be weak. However, I do hope that these influencers face the music for their actions. Illegal promotion of gambling should be heavily penalized and be taken seriously by these law enforcements in order to maintain the integrity of their country.

[leea-1334]

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.

Yep, a bit misleading. Influecners promoting gambling in Brazil where gambling is illegal is enough,,, I would say many of them probably got contracts before the ban took effect? My guess anyway.

I think I have seen a thread in this forum talking about influencers promoting illegal casinos or gambling sites and they were sentenced to death.

Never heard. Probably will never be carried out even if true!

[freedomgo]

I am very curious- what is the penalty for illegal promotion of gambling? Will they be penalize criminally or civilly? Given that they still continued to advertise despite the prohibition, it seems like these influencers are not that scared of such penalties.

You can find it in the links below.

https://legis.senado.leg.br/norma/44059160/publicacao/44061634
https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/lei/1990/lei-8078-11-setembro-1990-365086-normaatualizada-pl.html

There it was mentioned that there are penalties, and possible imprisonment.

[KTChampions]

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.
~

It’s not entirely clear what you want to discuss here (what other details from the scene are you looking for?). In my view, it’s all so dreary and simplistic that I’m not even sure it qualifies as news: those scumbag bureaucrats are, as always, getting in the way of people just trying to go about their business - they pass a law declaring something illegal, and then start hunting down anyone who breaks it. From here on, things will follow a familiar pattern: a black market will emerge, major influencers will leave Brazilian jurisdiction to continue earning money from advertising, while smaller ones will either go underground or stop advertising altogether - in short, nothing will really change (I mean for the better, for the worse, it will change).

[Jason Rubar]

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.
~

It’s not entirely clear what you want to discuss here (what other details from the scene are you looking for?).
~

The author already clarified that he would be interested to hear from people who actually live in Brazil if there are any on the forum. So far there have been no such posts so we are just waiting for news from the ground so to speak.

[Leahized]

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.

Since various issues are arising regarding mid casinos in Brazil and the current president has expressed concerns about banning all casinos. Perhaps there is a significant role behind this. However, I am not sure how long this ban will last. Since influencers are the best medium for promoting casinos. Therefore, the government may take strict action against them. So, it is better to freeze the socials account regardless of the numbers.

In my opinion, it is not reasonable for influencers to promote any illegal casinos at this moment. Because recently, casino activities are being monitored in Brazil.

[Cointxz]

Just like in the Philippines, Gambling industry is being used as a political tool to pressure lawmakers to prohibit it as it’s already affecting the citizen lives.

IIRC, @bitmover is from Brazil which is the most trusted user that I know and can give the right input on what truly happened there.

Please correct me if my summon with you here is a mistake but I’m a bit confident you share before your view about gambling topic regarding BR. 

[KTChampions]

It’s not entirely clear what you want to discuss here (what other details from the scene are you looking for?).
~

The author already clarified that he would be interested to hear from people who actually live in Brazil if there are any on the forum. So far there have been no such posts so we are just waiting for news from the ground so to speak.

Why did you cut off my quote? It explains why I’m skeptical about additional information coming from the ground.
Even if we were to learn some detail, perhaps even an interesting one, it wouldn’t change the overall pattern: officials pull some bullshit, then try to clean up the consequences of that bullshit by pulling even more bullshit.
I’d like to hear about and discuss some truly shocking news - something like, say, government officials actually improving people’s lives or doing something useful But that’s probably something out of the realm of science fiction.

[ZeroVinsonN]

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.

Sure the ban is already on which is why gambling in the country is illegal and illegal gambling is also on because something being illegal won't exactly stop everyone from doing it, there are those who are going to follow through with the law but there will also always be those who will not be willing to respect the ban.
It's even likely that our of hate for the government there are people who probably won't be gambling if it was legal but will do so now just to spite the government, they will face the law if they are caught but not all of them will be reckless enough to get caught, after all there a lot of ways gamble in a region where gambling is illegal.

[Pandu Geddon]

The impact of the ban on the betting situation will be quite significant for the gambling industry there. The ban is strict, but what about the gambling that was already running before? If previously gambling was illegal there, then reinforcing it with a new regulation would be better. Maybe the supervision was less strict before, but now they really have to clean up everything related to gambling. 

The number of influencer profiles is quite large. The government actually also needs to distinguish between real accounts and fake accounts used to promote illegal betting sites. But if they want to enforce a strict rule, banning all those profiles could be done.

[TheUltraElite]

Its a big number but there are still a good number of such influencers who are still at large for sure.

The fact that they have been promoting some illegal shows how low these people can stoop down to get some bucks knowing fully well that their affiliate is getting into trouble. Some influencers might defend themselves saying that they are all not same and certain bad apples should not ruin the big picture.

I say different because I see all influencers as same, which I dont mind saying in public, they should be avoided like the plague.

[justinlamode]

Its not been long they banned online gambling in Brazil that influencers are already rushing to promote illegal gambling, that only show how profitable or how big a promise they were made for doing same.

I supposed they know the consequence of doing what they did, my only concern is that the number is much so the government might consider the option of fine rather than putting this huge number of their citizens behind bars.

[Accardo]

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.

Influencers are in the business for big endorsements, what the company does or will do in the next couple of days is less of their worries. Try to message a big influencer, their first response is usually but not limited to a huge banner consisting of the price rate of posts, retweets, stories, giveaway etc. Only a few cares about the service they'll be promoting, there you'd figure out that no huge difference is found between users with massive followers and the small accounts following them, their aim is to disseminate a brand.

[bitbollo]

gambling has been one of the most interesting "application" of bitcoin in real world and in a certain way revolutionary, has changed the way we gamble nowadays.
it has shaped the industry and has not just started with polymarket, but this is something already seen from the times of satoshibones and other experiment on chain.
what has always created a "difference" between gambling with fiat or bitcoin has being always something because you don't need to provide anything about your coins/identity.

you don't need also too much effort for trusting or not a gambling website.  
in 10 minutes (next block for the dogs/ignorants) you can just get back your money after a bet.
never see plausible influencers but just proofs of claim.  you don't need any "influencer" or third party that "explain" or "mediate" about a casino or their service.  
don't get fooled!  any delay
it's just a silly tactic to delay payment and to depict every gambler like a narcos-dealer.  there is no defence possible, it is just a sign of being scammers/completely incompetent.

[pawanjain]

This is not the first time we are hearing that influencers are promoting illegal platforms online.
Most of the times it is gambling sites that are illegally marketing their platform through these influencers.
As an influencer it becomes his responsibility to research about what he is going to promote and only then take up the gig for promotion.
But as mentioned in OP, people are just behind the money and care less about what they are promoting.

[Hispo]

Well, after what happened to gambling in Brazil, it I was kind of obvious that influencers would not just give up on promoting casinos and bookies, considering they have gotten a significant amount of money from that kind of promotion.
Many of them have continued with that kind of advertising, taking risks, because that is part of the activities which guarantee their livelihood, it is like a job for them.

Now they have been identified by Brazilian authorities, time will tell if They are going to get sanctioned in some way or they get to have a free pass.

[Miles2006]

Influencers get payed for promotion job, advertising is one of the major job meaning influencers are known for promotion related activity.
I am curious, are these influencers aware of gambling prohibition or they’re actual thinking they will escape with it and get paid in return, obviously the government will take action towards the reported influencers while gamblers find other ways regardless.

[KiaKia]

I think I have seen a thread in this forum talking about influencers promoting illegal casinos or gambling sites and they were sentenced to death.
Even in my country, influencers are constantly promoting illegal gambling platforms just because they want to make money, they don’t even care if this platforms are going to scam citizens, all they are concerned about is how to make money from those illegal platforms that they are promoting to people.

I think they should be punished for promoting illegal gambling Platforms, these platforms are actually the ones responsible for scam.
It is totally wrong for people to promote something that is illegal.

Sentenced to death you said? That must be a Muslim country I guess, anyways if I was promoting illegal casinos and I move to a Muslim country where it's on their law that gambling is illegal I wouldn't do it.

They knew the risks already and they choose to still do it, they are the ones that thrown their lives away, I understand why people still do this things probably because they have know who to do anything else.

They have forgot that nothing is known from a baby until we grow and learn, if promoting illegal casinos is the only way to survive then they aren't seeking enough, there are still ways they can make money even online.

[promise444c5]

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

That’s why they are influencers .. it’s literally their main source of income and it seems the thing is also getting saturated already, so taking some dirty jobs pays the bills and also fund their lifestyle as an influencer

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.

Social medias at large is full of higher percentage of scams now.. it hard to find a genuine advert be it Casino or not.. The news looks like a good job to me but that depends on what why considered as “illegal” [too lazy to go through it]