"Hotel chains in Guarujá, Campinas and
São José do Rio Preto have already expressed interest," Marquezelli says. The
parliamentary Front wants approval of the game later this year.
Leader of the Parliamentary Front for the Legalization of Gaming in Brazil
recently launched, Deputy César Halum (PR-TO) talks with President of the
Deputies Chamber Rodrigo Maia so to include in November the vote on PL 442/91 that
aims to regulate the activity in the country, which was already approved in
September 2016 in the special commission of the regulatory framework after
extensive debate in public hearings.
Last week, A number of pro-gaming Brazilian
legislators held the inaugural meeting of the Parliamentary Front for the
Regulatory Framework of Gaming in the country. According to Halum, the meeting
had the objective to "defend the legalization and regulation of gambling in
Brazil.”
The front was established in September 2017, after Halum obtained the
signatures of 262 of the 513 members of the Chamber of Deputies.
The Brazilian congress is currently viewing two projects to legalise gaming activities nationwide, with similar guidelines, one in Deputies and one in the Senate. In general, the idea is to allow most of the game offerings, from adopting the casino resort model, allow sports betting as well as legalising the famous Jogo do Bicho, to implement online gaming.
Source: GMB / Veja
