Senate Committee votes this Tuesday on bill that regulates sports betting in Brazil

The president of CEsp, senator Romário (PL-RJ), presented his 27-page report on October 18th. In it, he accepted the change in the grant to a period of five years valid for up to two commercial brands and maintained the value of R$30 million (US$ 6.1m). After the presentation of the document, there was a collective request for views and a public hearing was held to debate the topic.

The other amendments presented were rejected by the rapporteur and some tax rates allocated to the tourism and health sectors were rearranged. Furthermore, the senator proposed a ban on betting on isolated events, such as corners, throw-ins and cards (yellow and red). The objective is to curb the manipulation of results in sport.

As a matter of urgency, Bill 3626/23 defines the basic rules for the operation of sports betting and online gaming. With the relocation proposed by Romário, the 18% on the GGR, to be taxed on the betting houses, was distributed as follows:

• 2% for Social Security;
   
• 1.82% for the Ministry of Education;
   
• 6.68% for the sports area, with 4% for the Ministry of Sports and 2.23% for sports confederations, with the exception of the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation), 0.5% for state sports secretariats and from DF, and 0.05% to the Brazilian Master Sports Committee;
   
• 4.3% for the tourism area, with 3.5% for the Ministry of Tourism and 0.8% for Embratur;
   
• 0.5% to the Ministry of Health, for measures to prevent, control and mitigate social harm arising from gaming in healthcare areas;
   
• 0.15% divided between civil society entities, with 0.05% for Fenapaes (National Federation of Associations of Parents and Friends of the Exceptional), 0.05% for Fenapestalozzi (National Federation of Pestalozzi Associations), and 0, 05% to the Brazilian Red Cross;
   
• 2.55% to the FNSP (National Public Security Fund).

Bill 3626/23 is being analyzed by the Sports and Economic Affairs committees at the same time. At CAE, the report by Senator Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA) should be presented on November 21st, and the following week Senator Jorge Kajuru (PSD-GO) will present the final report, combining the two documents, for presentation in Plenary.

Given the delay in analyzing the matter, from November 11th the agenda will be locked until the Bill is voted on. Despite the general interest of parliamentarians in approving the project, there is a national holiday (15/11 - Proclamation of the Republic) and two other local holidays (20/11 - Black Consciousness holiday in states such as São Paulo, Rio and Bahia, and 30 /11 - Evangelical Day in the Federal District), which could further delay the voting schedule.

If the project is, in fact, amended in the Senate, it will need to return for analysis in the Chamber, where it began to be processed.

Source: GMB