The sports betting CPI will not hold any meetings this week. The chairman of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, Deputy Julio Arcoverde (PP-PI), announced that the work is suspended until Friday, 7.
According to Diário do Poder, the reason is the decision by the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies to give full priority to voting on economic issues in the House Plenary, including tax reform and the fiscal framework.
“Given the importance of the economic agenda for the stability of the country, the decision of the Board of Directors of the Chamber is commendable and has our support. Therefore, the CPI will resume its work with full commitment after the concentrated effort of the Plenary of the House”.
Act 75/2023 of the Board, released last Sunday, 3, established that meetings of any kind are not held this week by the permanent and temporary committees (in the case of the CPI).
Prior to this definition, two meetings of the CPI for betting were scheduled this week: one would take place last Tuesday, 4th, at 2:30 pm, to vote on requirements, and another on Wednesday, 5th, at the same time, to take decisions. testimonial by Tom Mace, Vice President of Global Operations and Integrity Services at Sportradar, a company that monitors bets on sporting events.
Sports betting CPI
The sports betting CPI is chaired by Deputy Julio Arcoverde (PP-PI) and reported by Deputy Felipe Carreras (PSB-PE). The initiative to create the collegiate stemmed from investigations carried out by the Public Ministry of Goiás (MPGO) that raised suspicions of manipulation in the result of four Serie B games.
Parliamentarians believe that irregularities have also been committed in matches from other series. MPGO’s Maximum Penalty Operation encountered problems even in games from Série A do Brasileirão last year, as well as from state championships this year.
It should be noted that some athletes have already been punished sportingly in the first instance with fines, suspensions and bans.
