The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), intends to speed up the processing of some agendas by the end of the year. Among the proposals, he must prioritize betting regulation projects and the Legal Framework for Gambling.
According to Valor, the sports betting regulation report at the Economic Affairs Commission (CAE) must be presented by the week of November 20th by Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA).
Coronel is articulating changes to the text approved by the Chamber of Deputies, such as a reduction in the 18% rate.
Rapporteur of the Legal Framework for Gambling should be known in November
The project that provides for the Legal Framework for Gambling, that is, regularizes other types of gaming in the country, is stuck in the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Senate.
According to Pacheco, the rapporteur could be defined in November.
The Legal Framework for Gambling project was approved by the Chamber at the beginning of last year. But it faces stiff resistance from the evangelical bench.
Also according to Valor, allies of the President of the Senate indicate that he is aligned with Fernando Haddad (Minister of Finance) aiming to approve agendas that increase revenue.
On a visit to Congress this Thursday, the 9th, the Minister of the Institutional Relations Secretariat, Alexandre Padilha, supported some of the priority proposals for the government.
According to the minister, the analysis in the Senate of the regulation of sports betting and offshore and exclusive funds is “an absolute priority in these months so that we can conclude these votes”.
Betting regulations approved by the Sports Commission
The Senate Sports Committee approved the betting regulation project last Wednesday, 8th. The proposal’s rapporteur was Senator Romário.
The text changes the law that deals with the free distribution of prizes for advertising purposes (Law 5,768, of 1971). And also the law that deals with the allocation of lottery revenue and the lottery modality of fixed-odd betting (Law 13,756, of 2018).
According to the betting regulation proposal, the fixed-odd modality includes virtual online gaming events and real sports-themed events.
According to the proposition, bets can be placed physically, through the purchase of printed tickets, or virtually, through access to electronic channels.
The authorization act must specify whether the operating agent can act in just one or both modes.
