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Udo Seckelmann: Betting has "long-term future" in Brazil, but Government has "damaged credibility"

In the third of our exclusive Brazil interviews this week, the gambling lawyer provides our most pro-industry viewpoint yet. Indeed, he argues that regulatory instability will benefit no one, and that politics should be separated from "legitimate concerns."

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Seckelmann believes Congress is unlikely to approve Brazil's "economically damaging, legally questionable" betting ban in its current form
The lawyer also challenges the notion that Brazil developed too quickly
Overall, his advice is to keep calm and "not abandon the Brazilian market prematurely"

In practical terms, do you think Brazil's betting ban will be approved by Congress? And will it go through if Senator Bolsonaro is elected, not President Lula?

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