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From the bank to the government: MP says illegal lottery money was used to license a bet at LoterjPhoto by Kaique Rocha on Pexels
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From the bank to the government: MP says illegal lottery money was used to license a bet at Loterj

extra3 September 2026 at 10:00

The Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro, through the Cyber Crimes Division of the Specialized Group for Combating Organized Crime (CyberGaeco), carried out an operation against an online sports betting company supposedly created by two suspects with ties to the new leadership of the illegal lottery.

According to the investigation, Vinicius Pereira Drumond and Flavío da Silva Santos used money of illicit origin to pay Loterj, a state government body, a grant of R$ 5 million, an amount that enabled the opening of the company Rio Jogos.

Vinicius is the son of the deceased illegal lottery boss Luizinho Drumond. Flavío, president of Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel, is under house arrest and is accused of being the right-hand man of illegal gambling operator Rogério de Andrade. The pair and six other people were targets of the operation.

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