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Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly phoned Flamengo president Luiz Eduardo Baptista a day after the government published a provisional measure banning bets. The senator indicated he would seek a solution for football clubs and betting houses if elected, without committing to restoring operators' authorisation.

Flávio Bolsonaro, the PL presidential candidate, telephoned Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, the president of Flamengo, one day after the Lula government published a provisional measure banning bets in Brazil, citing a Folha de S.Paulo report based on three people linked to football and to the Bolsonaro campaign who spoke on condition of anonymity. According to those accounts, the senator indicated that, if elected, he would find a solution for football clubs and betting houses, but did not commit to restoring the authorisation for betting companies to operate again.