Small plane game: Blaze is suspected of defrauding players of R$100,000; to understand

Call Jogo do Aviãozinho is another casino investigated by Brazilian police. Online gaming offered by various platforms is illegal and has resulted in financial losses of millions of dollars to gamblers.

New investigations revealed with the published report Fantastic last Sunday (17). According to the program, Blaze, one of the sites promoting the game, is suspected of not paying the winners.

Jogo do Aviãozinho, also known as “Aviator”, is a “Crash Game” type casino. In this type the plane rises and multiplies the bettor’s winnings. It all ends with the plane crashing.

In addition to Blaze, online casinos are also offered by platforms such as KTO. “Aviator is the flagship Crash game on KTO. In 2021, Aviator’s popularity has skyrocketed, with over 60% of KTO players having tried it at its peak. Its popularity continues to this day and is remembered as a pioneer of the new era of gaming in Brazil,” said Svilen Madjov, Head of Research at KTO.

Blaze Scam

The Small Airplane Game was one of the objects of Blaze’s investigation. Signs of company fraud led courts to block R$100 million from BlazeThe brand was also punished by taking the site offline. However, this second measure had no effect, as other pages continued to function normally.

Like other online betting houses, Blaze is not headquartered in Brazil and therefore there are some difficulties in penalizing the brand. Although online casinos such as Jogo do Aviãozinho are banned in the country, the games are freely promoted, especially on social media.

Blaze’s status is symbolic because the company is supported by many influencers, athletes, actors, actresses and other famous people.

Felipe Neto, Juju Salimeni, MC Kauan, Carlinhos Maia, Mel Maia, Gkay, MC Poze do Rodo and even Neymar promoted the company.

Fraud worth almost R$ 100 thousand

From the report Fantastic Heard from some victims of possible Blaze scam. And modus operandi It was basically the same: the person won a significant amount of money in the games but was unable to withdraw the money.

“I ended up winning more than R$100,000. I managed to withdraw R$20 thousand. Everything else was there. And it was one manipulation after another,” one person reported.

Another victim said that he once saw that the casino’s winnings were high and that’s why he decided to place a bet. He invested R$ 2,800 and received a return of R$ 98,000, but at the same time he could not see the color of the money.

“When I tried to withdraw R$98,000, they said I had defrauded the platform and taken the money from my account,” he said.

Reclame Aqui records thousands of complaints about Blaze. A significant portion of the reports relate to amounts not received in full and balances missing from the account.

Blaze has more than 28,300 reports about Reclame Aqui, and the company has a rating of 5.1 (on a scale of 0 to 10), which is considered poor.

Other side

As an answer FantasticBlaze’s lawyers said: The company is headquartered in Curaçao (an island in the Caribbean) and therefore the activity does not constitute a criminal offence.although the gamblers and victims were Brazilian.

Blaze’s legal representatives also said that in another similar case, the São Paulo Public Ministry requested that the investigation be closed and annulled the judge’s decision to block the site.