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Unecs plans to urge Brazil’s presidential candidates to monitor betting impact

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Brazil’s National Union of Commerce and Services Entities (Unecs) plans to deliver proposals to presidential candidates on 18 August, including permanent monitoring of online betting’s effects on household consumption and services, according to the report. Unecs president Leonardo Miguel Severini said the group was concerned that betting expenditure could reduce consumer spending and affect commerce and services.

Unecs’ proposed monitoring could help policymakers assess whether betting expenditure affects household consumption, commerce and services.

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