The way should be similar to the discussion on the casting vote in CARF trials, which reached Congress via a provisional measure, but lost its validity after the Executive resubmitted the text as a Bill with constitutional urgency, approved by the Chamber at the beginning of the month.
With this, the idea of deputies is to incorporate the text of the provisional measure on betting into the future bill. In addition to gambling, another point for which intense debate is expected in the Chamber is the creation, by the government, of rules for face-to-face betting, for the purchase of tickets – which presupposes permission for the opening of physical establishments in the country.
By opting for the provisional measure to regulate the taxation of bookmakers, punishments in case of illegalities and infractions and other rules, the Planalto Palace took Arthur Lira by surprise, who this Monday told journalists that the PM would only serve to create new federal supervisory positions for the sector.
The Ministry of Finance announced that it will forward to Congress this Tuesday the bill with constitutional urgency to deal with “the structure and administrative processes for inspection (of) the sports betting market” – exactly the opposite of what the president of the Chamber said at a LIDE event in São Paulo.
“Brazil cannot give up this recipe. It is obvious that things happen in Brazil and we all see it. It has jogo do bicho, bingo, casino, all kinds of gaming that the Chamber of Deputies has already voted to regulate and has been in the Senate for over a year. And it has online regulation. It will contribute a lot to Brazil, because you regularize, formalize, generate direct employment and pay taxes,” said Lira.
In negotiations between the president of the Chamber and Minister Fernando Haddad (Finance) on betting, the commitment was signed that the rapporteur of the government proposal on the subject will be the leader of the PSB, Felipe Carreras, who plays the same role in the CPI that investigates match-fixing in football.
Carreras also reports on a project already underway that regulates gambling, Bill 442 of 1991. It was approved by the House in 2022 and has been stalled in the Senate ever since.
Source: VEJA
