Yes, yes they will. There are plenty of black market gambling operators making a lot of money out of countries with prohibition - and VPNs and taking payments are absolutely no barrier to entry. Anyone who thinks they are is talking out of their ass.
The other thing those operators have is absolutely no interest in player protection whatsoever. They will operate every dark pattern and deceptive practice they possibly can to take every penny they can - and don’t expect their sites to offer loss limits or self exclusion.
All bans like this do is push vulnerable people into the hands of black market operators. Every example around the world has shown it… (A ban on advertising I’d be all in favour of, incidentally.)
The real story here is that the Brazilian regulator was hopelessly incompetent and deeply corrupt. But given that’s likely true of every branch of the Brazilian state, I suspect they think that banning it is easier, and better for headlines.
Yes, yes they will. There are plenty of black market gambling operators making a lot of money out of countries with prohibition - and VPNs and taking payments are absolutely no barrier to entry. Anyone who thinks they are is talking out of their ass.
The other thing those operators have is absolutely no interest in player protection whatsoever. They will operate every dark pattern and deceptive practice they possibly can to take every penny they can - and don’t expect their sites to offer loss limits or self exclusion.
All bans like this do is push vulnerable people into the hands of black market operators. Every example around the world has shown it… (A ban on advertising I’d be all in favour of, incidentally.)
The real story here is that the Brazilian regulator was hopelessly incompetent and deeply corrupt. But given that’s likely true of every branch of the Brazilian state, I suspect they think that banning it is easier, and better for headlines.
They could put gambling in the hands of the State, as it’s done in my region.