The bill that provides for the regulation of sports betting and online gambling in Brazil will begin to be evaluated in the Senate this week.
This progress occurs after the rapporteur’s definition of the proposal. Formalized as rapporteur of the proposal, senator Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA) assured that the text approved in the Chamber of Deputies on September 13th must undergo modifications.
According to an article in O Globo, the parliamentarian did not reveal what these changes to the proposal would be. Therefore, the bill must return to the Chamber of Deputies.
The expectation is that the sports betting regulation project will be put up for a vote in the Senate by the first week of November, when the proposal’s urgency deadline ends.
“I was appointed rapporteur before the holiday. We should only release it for voting after October 24th. I want to listen to everyone, the companies, the government, to do something democratic. I’m going to talk to the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday”, said Coronel in an interview with GLOBO.
It is worth noting that Senator Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA) is vice-president of the collegiate for the 2023-2024 biennium and has already publicly defended the legalization of gaming in Brazil.
Senate Commission will analyze the proposal to regulate sports betting this Tuesday
The Senate’s Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) has a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 17th, at 10 am, with seven items on the agenda. One of them is the project that provides for the regulation of sports betting through a fixed quota, such as so-called bets (PL 3,626/2023).
The text was initiated by the Executive and has already been approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The matter incorporated Provisional Measure (MP) 1,182/2023 and deals with issues such as grant payment, new distribution of revenue, requirements and restrictions.
Remembering that operators request that taxation for both bookmakers and bettors be reviewed in the Senate with a view to the viability of the business, as well as the construction of a solid and responsible market.
