Youtubers “get attached” after Wuant video about illegal casinos

O youtuber Paulo Borges – better known as Wuant – published a video on his YouTube channel about a week ago that in recent days opened an authentic “war” among content creators in Portugal.

The reason is related to the announcements of illegal casinos, with Wuant naming other content creators – such as Tiavski, Alexandre Santos, Godmota, Pai Sandro, among others – who allegedly have enriched the account of videos and broadcasts on their respective channels where they show themselves to use this type of sites.

The video opens immediately with the one that is being understood as a “farp” released to Tiavski, and Wuant accuses youtuber of using videos about the birth of his daughter to promote casinos on his YouTube channel. Wuant then spends more than 20 minutes naming some of the most popular content creators and accusing them of getting rich at the expense of their followers' losses.

Unsatisfied, Wuant states that he will stop following these content creators and calls for netizens to do the same.

In addition to being the reason for analysis on channels known on YouTube as The Cousins or even in the program watch.tm by Pedro Teixeira da Mota, this video has also received response from other content creators. In addition to the directly targeted Tiavski, other youtubers known as Windoh, Numeiro and SirKazzio have also shared reactions.

Most of the criticisms pointed out to Wuant relate to the direct way in which the finger points to other content creators (some of them friends), accusing him of hypocrisy because, in the past, he has already resorted to partnerships with the same type of casinos he now criticizes.

This “open war” on YouTube in Portugal takes place at a time when, in Brazil, President Lula da Silva announced the ban on sports betting in the country.

Lula announces ban on bets in Brazil (to 9 days of elections)

Nine days from the general election, Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed on Friday, September 25, the Provisional Measure (MP) that prohibits online casinos and sports betting platforms, popularly called “bets” in Brazil.

The announcement of the Brazilian government takes place at a time when the campaign of the PT tries to react to polls of intention to vote that put Lula statistically tied with his main opponent to the Palácio do Planalto, Flávio Bolsonaro, in a second round scenario.

The debt of Brazilian families in general – which includes gambling addictions and gambling debts – has guided Lula and Flávio campaign speeches, which say that the country is experiencing an epidemic of debt caused by online gambling.

Rather, Flávio Bolsonaro had called Lula "hypocrite" for the ban and said that the current President is doing "an election" with the elector a few days from the first election round.

The bets were authorized in 2018 in the government of former President Michel Temer, and during the entire term of Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) the betting market operated in Brazil without regulation, supervision and collection of taxes, which took place in Lula's government, from 2023.

Flávio Bolsonaro promised, if elected, to keep the sports betting, but forbid the online casinos and Fortune Tiger, popularly called “Game of the Tiger” in Brazil, and accused Lula of doing the regulation, back there, to collect taxes to cover “the rupture and spending of the Government”.

In total, 85 companies, responsible for more than 180 brands, which were authorized to operate by the Brazilian government, will be prohibited from promoting bets in the country and advertising from October 6th, and until then, bettors may withdraw their balances on the platform.

The National Association of Legal Gambling (ANJL) has anticipated and informed that it will comply with any new definition of the Brazilian government, but that it will study ways to appeal and overthrow the measure.

Data from the country's tax and customs authority showed that in the Brazilian federal, it has grossed 15 billion reais, since 2025, about 2.53 billion euros.

Those who also reacted previously against the measure were the Brazilian football teams and federations, who claimed that this represents the end of teams and sport, since they are sponsored by various brands, and cited legal uncertainty in the country.

The Brazilian President even said that the football teams “will have to get money otherwise, because bets will end” and referred to bets as “tumor” and “cancer”.

The provisional measure should be published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette of the Union and when it is published will be valid immediately. With this, the Brazilian Congress will have 120 days to analyze the measure, and it can validate, totally or partially reject parts of the measure.