Basically , the Paulo Rebelo story its like this Successful gambler who made a living of trading , that has a webpage Academia where he shares his stories , wins , losses , etc . Becomes famous because of 2 or 3 TV appearences where he shares his stories focused on wins Writes a book , that is interesting , and grabs even more attention by the media about betting in Portugal still not being legal or illegal The pressure adds up and the Government decides to create legislation , and pretty much every operator leaves the market Placard is created as a legal solution for Santa Casa to make money and 2 betting websites are created to our market Bet . pt and Betclic with Betfair and probably 2 more coming in the next 12 monthsMy biggest problem with all this is all his stories share the good side of things and are made for people to sign up with his referrals where he makes a LOT of money per month . Also , he doesn ' t bet in Portugal , he is making his bets in Spain or UK , so the legal proccess doesn ' t affect him at ALL .