LUN 29 DE ABRIL DE 2024 - 10:32hs.
Mansueto Almeida, Brazil’ Secretary of SEAE

"LOTEX is more taxes for sports, social security system and social spending"

After the official announcement, the Secretary of Economic Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance, Manueto Almeida, celebrated the news with a series of tweets explaining the advantages of the ' raspadinha' (scratch card). 'With Lotex, everyone will win. CEF is also expanding lotteries. Soon, you will be able to play Mega Sena from your computer or mobile phone,' he said.

Here are the most important phrases expressed by Mansueto Almeida in his Twitter account:

  • "Government has approved the scratch card concession: LOTEX. This product accounts for 25% of the world lottery market and Brazil is an attractive market"

  • "16.7% of the revenue from the sale of " raspadinha” (scratch cards -LOTEX-) goes to the government in addition to the company's profit taxes that win the auction"

  • "In some countries like Portugal, the scratch card accounts for 50% of revenue from lotteries and supports the "holy houses” in that country"

  • "In Brazil, 16.7% of the revenue from the sale of the scratch cards goes to sports, penitentiary fund and social security"

  • "There are a small number of companies in the world that work with raspadinha. If one of them does something wrong, it will be punished in several countries"

  • "The auction of the scratch card (LOTEX), still in 2017, will open the lottery market in Brazil to companies from USA, Italy, England, etc."

  • "With LOTEX everyone will win. CEF is also expanding lotteries. Soon, you will be able to play on the mega- sena from your computer or mobile phone"

  • "Lottery market in Brazil is R$ 14 billion -US$ 4.45b- (0.2% of GDP). In Italy, this market is 2% of GDP: 10 times bigger. There is room to grow"

  • "Raspadinha (scratch card) is a highly sophisticated service that requires high investment in logistics, information technology and planning"

  • "The big companies of the sector must participate in the auction in Brazil. LOTEX is + taxes for sports, social security system and social spending"

 

Fonte: GMB