Brazilian gambling industry withdraws lawsuit against supermarkets
Brazilian National Association of Games and Lotteries has resolved its dispute against the Association of Supermarkets following a mediation.
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- Lawsuit lodged by ANJL against ABRAS is withdrawn after mediation
- The two bodies fail to reach consensus on advertising in gambling
- Row began after ABRAS claimed the gambling industry was to blame for worsened food security in the country
A row between the gambling industry and supermarkets in Brazil has for now come to an unsettled close.
The lawsuit filed by the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) against the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (ABRAS) has been withdrawn despite full consensus not being reached on the way forward.
A mediation was called in Sao Paolo to discuss a route through their legal quarrel that would serve mutual interests such as the financial health of consumers.
The dispute began after ABRAS put out a video on social media that linked the gambling industry to decreasing food security in the country.
The ANJL alleged that the contents of the video were misleading and demanded to know from where the information that formed the basis of the video had originated.
During the mediation, the ANJL are said to have pointed the finger of scrutiny towards the illegal operators, suggesting that efforts to combat food and financial insecurity would be better directed at the black market than legal operators.
President of the ANJL, Plínio Lemos Jorge said: “Operators that are not authorized to operate in Brazil do not have any concern for the integrity of bets and the protection of bettors.”
Good to know: At the 5th National Supply Chain Forum organised by ABRAS, Brazil’s Vice President came out in support of increasing the tax burden on gambling, suggesting a figure as high as 27% could be on the table in the future
The UK’s regulatory model was referenced by lawyers as an example to take inspiration from.
With that in mind, the arguments made by industry in the debate over advertising legislation have a familiar sound.
The two sectors did not come to an agreement on how strict the laws on marketing gambling should be, with the ANJL claiming that excessive regulation would only serve to drive players towards the illegal market where they are even less protected.
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