Igor Federal kicks-off second day of BgC

"We are consolidating the path to the legalization of gaming. We knew this would take time and the feeling is that this is consolidating. The bills are examples of tangible progress," said Federal. According to him, the sector was already accustomed to the contrary opinions and the untruths presented by the opponents of the cause over the years.

"There has always been talk about money laundering, but in my opinion is the informal sector the one that is involved in money laundering. Just remember that 400,000 jobs in the illegal gaming sector mean 400 thousand salaries outside the formal payroll. We have a collection of around US$ 6 billion with illegal gambling and this whole movement is outside of official control,” he said.

"Yesterday, I heard the proposal to hold a plebiscite for society to choose whether or not to regulate the activity. I would like to ask the honorable deputy who is proposing this. We would support a plebiscite, but would he support a plebiscite on the taxation of evangelical churches in Brazil? "

After this introduction, Igor Federal declared open the second day of the Brazilian Gaming Congress, calling to compose the works Edgar Lenzi, president of Abragaming, who stressed that "we are here to make a difference in the regulation of gaming in Brazil, and for this reason I thank the all those involved in this process, both Brazilian and foreign visitors, who are now showing their great interest in our market. "

Source: GMB