Gilberto Gil, Luisa Arraes, Caetano Veloso and more artists participate in campaign against 'tigrinho game'

Gilberto Gil, Djavan, Caetano Veloso and more artists participate in campaign against 'tigrinho game'
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Gilberto Gil, Luisa Arraes, Djavan, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Marieta Severo, Camila Pitanga and other artists participated in the "Block do Tigrinho" campaign, which addresses the problems generated by betting on bets and games of chance.
In a video published by 342 Artes, responsible for the initiative, actors, singers and influencers talk about the impact of illegal betting. "The little tiger promises luck, fun, a change in life, but it only brings debt and despair to millions of families", say the celebrities throughout the video.
The campaign encourages public awareness of the risks of Bets and calls for the rules to be tightened and monitored.
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"Bets have become a public health problem. An epidemic that is devastating families, creating addiction, suffering and debt. This campaign wants to show that society no longer accepts this scenario", cites the campaign website, which features Alinne Moraes, Ebony, Mateus Solano, Paulinho da Viola and a series of other artists as supporters.
In April 2025, the Central Bank stated that Brazilians spend between R$20 billion and R$30 billion, per month, on online betting.
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Months earlier, in November 2024, the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Luiz Fux, determined that the government create mechanisms to prevent the money from Bolsa Família, aimed at lower-income families in the country, from being "diverted" to activities of risk such as virtual bets.
In December of that year, the Attorney General's Office (AGU) stated, in an appeal to the Federal Supreme Court (STF), that the government is facing difficulties in adopting measures capable of preventing the use of resources from the social program to pay for online sports bets.
To g1 and TV Globo, the president of the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), Vital do Rego, guaranteed that it is possible to track and prevent Bolsa Família resources from being used for fixed-odd bets. - so-called "bets".
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Source: G1