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'I lost everything': Brazil's online gambling craze / 36JK7XD
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Fernanda, a cleaner from Rio de Janeiro, lists off the items she sold to feed her online gambling addiction, one of millions of Brazilians caught in a betting craze that has swept the nation. "I lost everything," says the 34-year-old, whose name has been changed to protect her identity. "I sold my TV, my washing machine, everything in my home."
Six years after Brazil legalized online sports betting, Latin America's biggest economy is battling what Finance Minister Fernando Haddad has called a "pandemic," prompting the government to tighten the screws on the sector. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES