Cherini pointed out to his colleagues the disparity between the amount collected and what remains for the prize, noting that “the gross prize today of a lottery in Brazil is 43% of the amount played, without discounting the Income Tax, that is, it reaches less than 30%. So, it becomes less and less attractive to play in Brazil.”
According to the deputy, of the total collected, 17.32% goes to Social Security, 2.9% to the National Culture Fund, 1% to the National Penitentiary Fund, 9.26% to the National Security Fund, 2.436% for the Ministry of Sports, 0.04% for FENACLUBES, 1% for the Sports Secretariat and other equivalent bodies of the States and the Federal District, 0.5% for the Brazilian Club Committee, 0.22% for the Brazilian Confederation of School Sports, 0.11% for the Brazilian Sports Confederation, 1.73% for the COB, 0.96% for the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, lottery maintenance expenses and cost, lottery commission only 8.6%; operating expenses, 9.5% and Lottery Development Fund, 0.95%.
“There is still a commission related to sales through electronic channels, 3.11%. In other words, of all that, for those who play, there is only less than 0% left for prizes,” he explained.
Contrary to the Bill approved on March 3 to help the events sector, strongly affected by the pandemic, Cherini said that “they are inventing another 3% index, but we know that the health problem in Brazil is not lacking money. The health problem in Brazil has always been a lack of management, so that we spend on what is really important and on what is a priority. It will not be breaking the lotteries in Brazil that we are going to solve the health problem in the country.”
Defender of the gaming sector in Brazil, the deputy went so far as to affirm, in his speech, that “I really like making talking to Deputies and saying that I really like gaming. In fact, I argue that Brazil should better explore games to transform this into social works.”
For this reason, Cherini sent a message to the lotteries, saying that “we will be fighting in defense of you, who represent 60 thousand people who are working selflessly, with their masks, inside the lotteries, often suffering, without breathing right to keep daily bread.”
Bill 5638/20, which allocates 3% of the money collected by the lotteries administered by Caixa, goes to the Senate, where it can undergo changes and return to the Chamber of Deputies for a new round of discussions and voting. If approved without changes, it will proceed to presidential sanction.
Source: GMB
