The proposal that aims to release the games in Brazil may be sent to the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies before the end of this year, according to a report by ‘O Antagonista’. The portal published an interview with federal deputy Felipe Carreras (PSB-PE) on the subject this Sunday, 5.
The working group created by the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL) to analyze the proposal, intends to present the report in the next few days. With the intention of minimizing complaints that the proposed games could facilitate corruption, the group added a point that only the Union will have the power to allow the opening of casinos or companies in the sector.
This project has the objective of freeing up the operation of casinos, bicho games, bingos and other types of betting. In addition, authorization for the operation of these gaming venues will be issued by a regulatory body to be created.
Check out the full text published in ‘O Antagonista’:
Proposal legalizing gambling could still be voted on in 2021
The bill that intends to legalize gambling should go to the Chamber floor by the end of this year. At least that is the bet of the reporter on the matter, federal deputy Felipe Carreras (PSB-PE), in an interview with O Antagonista.
The working group created in September by the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), to discuss the topic should present its report this week, according to Carreras (photo). “If the person says that he doesn’t live with the animal game on the side of a church, he pretends not to look”, says the congressman.
To try to alleviate criticism of the bill that the legalization of games will encourage corruption, the rapporteur included a provision according to which only the Union will be able to authorize the operation of casinos or gambling companies. The license will be granted by an agency yet to be created.
The bill, which was distributed to lawmakers last week, legalizes the activities of casinos, bingos, animal gambling and other betting (including horse racing). Rules for players are also stipulated and a registry has been instituted to diagnose compulsive gamblers.
Read the main excerpts from the interview:
O Antagonista: Deputy, should your proposal be concluded next week? How are the conversations in this regard?
Dep. Felipe Carreras: I want to see if I close the report next week to validate it with the working group and let President Arthur Lira feel free to let the House deliberate on the topic.
O Antagonista: In other words, the matter will only go to the plenary in 2022. Correct?
Dep. Felipe Carreras: No, no. The next week you’re already voting, I’m convinced. He [Lira] will do two weeks of voting from Monday to Friday. As this matter is already set to go to plenary, it is possible to vote.
O Antagonista: Do you bet that you vote before recess?
Dep. Felipe Carreras: I bet. And you can charge (laughs).
O Antagonista: In general terms, what will this proposal bring about change? The topic is controversial and faces resistance from sectors of society. How will citizens benefit from the legalization of games?
Dep. Felipe Carreras: If you go to the lottery, anywhere, there will be a betting game. If the person says he doesn’t live with the animal game on the side of a church, he actually pretends not to look. If the person watches a final of Libertadores, of Campeonato Brasileiro, he will see ads from betting sites. There’s no way to pretend not to see. Is there. If you Google it, there are countless online betting sites, 24 hours a day. There, either the person is in favor of illegality or legality. What the project does is investigate, inspect and collect.
O Antagonista: Deputy, in your calculations, can this market generate some type of economic growth? Is it worth the risk?
Dep. Felipe Carreras: With the Caixa lottery alone, it is estimated that the proceeds will reach R$ 17 billion in one year, the ‘sportingbets’ [online betting site] of life, which sponsor a football team, are on television , websites and the like, collect five times that. When you go to the tourist bias of this, to the integrated casinos, you look at Macau, which used to receive 6 million tourists and went to 20 million international tourists. When you look back at Singapore and look at the before and after of the integrated casinos, which went from 9 million international tourists to 20 million international tourists, that’s a huge financial impact. The countries that regulate, collect.
O Antagonista: And the concern about people who can get addicted? And the ludopaths?
O Antagonista: And the concern about people who can get addicted? And the ludopaths?
O Antagonista: What about the possibility of corruption and money laundering crime? Is there any mechanism that can prevent this?
Dep. Felipe Carreras: I think that if you have a law, there is a rule, you have technology at your disposal, it is possible to have control of everything. There is a way to identify who is working outside the law and punish. Today, everyone is working and the country does not collect. Just do not see who does not want.
O Antagonista: But deputy, isn’t it a very optimistic view to imagine that simply that legalization outright solves this problem?
Dep. Felipe Carreras: I think that, with the tools, with the resources that are available today by the inspection and collection control agencies, they have all the necessary tools to identify whoever commits a crime. As it stands, it doesn’t. We are here to build a joint report, whether with the Public Ministry, Federal Police, or Federal Revenue. Now, does Brazil want to be different from everyone else and let illegality continue? The big question is: who is interested in continuing illegality?
