The Minister of Health, Nisia Trindadestated that gambling addiction online it is a “pandemic” and defended face it with the same gravity of tobacco dependence. The statements were made after the launch of the National Campaign to Encourage the Donation of Organs and Tissues for Transplants, this Friday 27th.
“This needs to be worked on in Health. Regulation, looking at advertising and placing it, as we have said, in the same seriousness as what Brazil did in relation to tobacco, for example”, is very important,” he pointed out. Nísia also highlighted that addiction to bets it is more harmful because of how quickly a person can enter the cycle of addiction.
According to the minister, This addiction has caused serious mental health problems in the populationin addition to impacts on families, children and young people. She also stated that the ministry created a working group to discuss the topic.
The government’s concern with bets increased after a study produced by the Central Bank showed that around 24 million individuals participate in gambling and betting not Country.
Among the beneficiaries of Bolsa Família, the main income transfer program, more than 5 million users allocated money to virtual betting shops in August alone. More than 3 billion were spent during this period – an amount that corresponds to 20% of the total amount transferred by the program.
The BC estimate considers consumers who made at least one transfer via Pix for these companies in August. The vast majority of gamblers are between 20 and 30 years old, the report points out.
The average monthly value of transfers increases with age. For younger people, contributions reach 100 reais per month. The older ones allocate more than 3 thousand reais each month.
