Councilman Chicão Vianna presented a proposal to the City Council of Corumbá, a city in Mato Grosso do Sul, which provides for the creation of a public municipal lottery service. The bill intends to transfer the proceeds from the game to Santa Casa, the hospital responsible for treating a population of approximately 150,000 people, Corumbá and Ladário, as well as Bolivian citizens residing in the border region.
According to the text, the city is authorized to operate this lottery service, which was named Loteria Corumbá (LOTOCORUMBÁ), under any of the lottery modalities provided for in Federal Law n. 13,756, of December 12, 2018, prohibiting the exploration of any other modality that has not been legalized by Federal Law.
The proposal determines that the exploration will be restricted to the municipal territory, observing, where applicable, the Federal Law existing for each lottery modality, by the Executive Power, through the competent Municipal Secretariat or, alternatively, by a legal entity governed by private law. , under the condition of concession, permission or accredited organization, regularly constituted in accordance with current Brazilian laws, with headquarters and administration in the Country.
The total amount collected by the municipality through the taking of bets or the sale of LOTOCORUMBÁ tickets, by physical or virtual means, will be sent to Santa Casa de Corumbá, as well as the values of the prizes that have not been requested within three months.
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In defending the lottery proposal, the councilor declared that “Corumbá, like the whole world, faced one of the most tragic moments in the health and lives of millions of people due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the containment and confrontation measures of this global public health crisis.
“In addition to the loss of so many lives and the health and social consequences, the Municipal Government has seriously suffered the economic consequences, with significant losses in revenue and, consequently, compromising its financial power to act”, he continued.
He mentioned that Loteria Corumbá, in addition to being a way to leverage municipal revenue, has the potential to finance, or at least help the income of Santa Casa de Corumbá. Chicão Vianna also said that federal lotteries totaled BRL 2.74 billion in collections in the first four months of 2021, an amount 13% higher than the BRL 2.42 billion in transfers accounted for during the same period of 2020, according to the 1st Report of the Brazilian Lottery Market released on September 23 by the Ministry of Economy.
In addition, Vianna reinforced that, in September 2020, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) established that the Union does not have exclusivity in the exploitation of lotteries, extending to States and Municipalities the competence not to legislate, but to explore lottery modalities.
