The decree, which had the favorable articulation of the Chief Minister of the Civil House, Ciro Nogueira, has nothing to do with the bill to legalize gambling.
The text focused exclusively on the activity of companies that operate sports betting, already legalized by the Michel Temer government.
According to an estimate made by André Gelfi, partner in Brazil of the Swedish group Betsson, the unregulated market should move R$ 60 billion (US$ 12b) this year.
Calculations show that the country could collect R$ 6.4 billion (US$ 1.3b), of which R$ 800 million (US$ 160m) from corporate taxes, R$ 2.2 billion (US$ 441m) from the granting of licenses and R$ 3.4 billion (US$ 681m) from income tax on awards.
Feliciano discredits the numbers. "The 'estimates' were made by the most interested in the subject, without any transparency with regard to how they arrived at this value," said the deputy.
The information that Feliciano acted to convince Bolsonaro not to take the PM forward was published by columnist Lauro Jardim.
Source: Metrópoles
