After raising taxation on fuel to make cash, another giant market, which collects many taxes and reverses part of the income for social programs, is in the sights of the federal government. For Planalto, there is untapped potential for sports lotteries, such as Loteca and Lotogol.
The Ministry of Finance is studying the subject in depth to learn about the world's best practices on the subject, aiming to expand the possibilities of gaming and betting in the country, and will even award prizes totaling US$ 22,000 for the best proposals.
"This low participation in total revenue contrasts with the exploitation of this modality around the world [it is around 7% of total lottery revenues, according to the World Lottery Association.] Considering also the fact that football has a strong popular appeal in the Brazil and this being the basis for this mode of lottery, it would be expected greater participation of the modality "Lottery of Sports Prognostics in Brazil,” says the Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SEAE) of the Ministry of Finance in a bulletin on lotteries.
To get the best ideas, the federal government is promoting an academic award on lotteries and will offer US$ 22,000 in prizes for six monographs on the subject, under the themes "Regulation of Lotteries in Brazil" and "Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility Of the Lotteries. " Registration is open until September 18. The result will be published on November 29 of this year. Candidates of any nationality and academic background may participate.
Social transfers and tax collection grow and total US$ 1 billion in 2017
Even with the economic crisis, Brazilians did not stop playing lottery games. The collection with the lotteries (both the lottery of numbers and the prognostics of soccer) discounting the effects of inflation grew 6% in 12 months, passing from US$ 1.01 billion in the second quarter of
According to the Caixa Econômica Federal accounts, at each R$ 1 bet (US$ 0.31), R$ 0.48 (US$ 0.15) is converted into social resources, including tax. According to the bulletin, they were transferred to social programs and paid in taxes US$ 1 billion in the first half of 2017. These amounts receive programs related to social security, education (Student Financing Fund for Higher Education), sports, Culture (National Culture Fund), security (National Penitentiary Fund) and health (National Health Fund).
Source: GMB / People's Gazette
Pelas contas da Caixa Econômica Federal, a cada R$ 1 apostado, R$ 0,48 são convertidos em recursos sociais, incluindo imposto. De acordo com o boletim, foram repassados para programas sociais e pagos em impostos R$ 3,16 bilhões no 1º semestre de 2017. Recebem esses valores programas relacionados a seguridade social, educação (Fundo de Financiamento ao Estudante do Ensino Superior), esporte, cultura (Fundo Nacional da Cultura), segurança (Fundo Penitenciário Nacional) e saúde (Fundo Nacional de Saúde).
Fonte: GMB / Gazeta do Povo
