Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he favors a national ban on online betting platforms, whose revenues in the South American nation are estimated in more than $4 billion per year, one of the biggest markets in the world.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.

A panel of Brazil Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his associates will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup after the far-right leader lost the 2022 election.