Currently, the Ministry of Finance is finalizing an PM (Provisional Measure) to regulate sports betting. In this legislation, websites will be required to have their headquarters in Brazil, pay a R$30 million (US$ 6m) license fee and 15% tax on profits.
At the same time, there is concern within the federal government about how betting could encourage match-fixing by betting. Proof of this is the ongoing investigation by the Goiás Public Prosecutor's Office, which has already found evidence of manipulation of games in Series A and B of the Brazilian championship. The main suspect is that players forced yellow cards.
Thus, the government's plan includes proposing a law, in the future, to establish a betting inspection agency. The idea is a body linked to the Ministry of Finance, but which would work jointly with the Ministry of Sports.
One possibility is to use funds from taxation of betting profits to finance the running of the agency.
Currently, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) monitors betting through the Sport Radar agency. There is a verification of unusual betting movements on the sites, associated with a subsequent analysis of suspicious bids. Cases have already been sent for investigation at the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD).
But, in Sports Justice, there is recognition among members of the difficulty of using the material obtained by the CBF agency to deepen investigations. The reports are pretty basic. Meanwhile, bodies like the Public Ministry of the State of Goiás (MP-GO) have de facto police power to be able to investigate cases in the criminal aspect.
A government agency, therefore, could overcome this weakness in the system to supervise manipulation schemes in football in parallel with the regulation of the sector.
Source: UOL
