25 million people use illegal online betting platforms, says Minister of Justice

Brazil's Minister of Justice and Public Security, Wellington César Lima e Silva, reported this Friday (19) that 25.2 million Brazilians place bets through illegal platforms in the country.
Also this Friday, the government announced that it will block resources from illegal bets and send them to the public security fund, respecting the legal process.
"We are talking about illegal bets representing somewhere between 41% and 51% of platforms that operate legally, it is relevant number. We have already blocked more than 40 thousand websites. There are 25.2 million Brazilians betting on these platforms", declared the Minister of Justice.
According to him, organized crime has "incentives" to migrate through the illegal betting sector. Therefore, he argues, it is essential that the government act harshly against irregular companies.
The Minister of Finance, Dario Durigan, stated that of the more than 40 thousand illegal applications and websites taken down by the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), at the request of the Ministry's Secretariat of Prizes and Bets, they were operated by only 350 people, who used 37 financial institutions, generally "fintechs" or payment institutions.

Source: G1