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International best practices and combating fraud

OAB SP symposium reinforces importance of regulating ‘Bets’ with a focus on responsible gaming

The word responsibility was the main theme at the 1st Symposium on Gaming Law, Betting and Responsible Gaming of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section (OAB SP). The event was attended by Regis Dudena, Secretary of Prizes and Bets (SPA), who participated in the opening panel. He defended the importance of regulation and measures to encourage international best practices and combating fraud. GLI, OKTO, Rei do Pitaco and Conar also contributed to the debates.

Regis Dudena presented a history of the creation and structure of the secretariat, based on the Regulatory Law. “In fact, the Brazilian State is preparing to have a regulatory body and to have a structure to deal with the gaming sector,” he highlighted.

“Based on eleven topics foreseen in the regulatory agenda, we created 10 ordinances and there was a certain suspicion that the deadline set back then would not be met, but it was,” he added.

The secretary also commented on several of the points that were developed throughout the day, by other panels, such as payment methods, taxation, compliance and advertising of the new market, and responsible gaming, with devices to prevent addiction and indebtedness of bettors, with a focus on the responsibility of operators.

“Regulation is addressed to the betting agent. He is the first controller of his interaction with bettors. We have operators willing to do things within the law, others willing to exhaust the resources of bettors and also those willing to commit fraud. Those who remain will have duties: it is the operator's duty to have a responsible gaming policy, which will be evaluated,” he concluded.
 


The day featured the panel “Legal and Regulated Gaming”, moderated by José Francisco Manssur, from the Gaming Law Commission, OAB SP. He led the debate accompanied by Ana Bárbara Costa Teixeira, Director of Regulatory Affairs for Brazil at Grupo Ocean 88 and Consultant for the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL); Ana Helena Karnas Hoeffel Pamplona, ??co-founder of the Association of Women in the Gaming Industry and the Brazilian Institute of Gaming Law; and Neil Montgomery, Master in International Law from USP.
 


Mariana Chamelette, from the Gaming Law Commission of OAB SP, returned to the table for the panel “Fair and Safe Gaming - Integrity and Compliance”, which featured Rafael Edelmann, Director of Governance, Risks and Compliance at OKTO for Brazil; Andrea Ueda, Master and PhD in Law from USP; and Gustavo Delbin, from the Gaming Law Commission of OAB SP.

The afternoon's agenda were opened by Luiz Felipe Santoro, with the panel “Challenges of Conscious and Responsible Gaming”, with Rafael Ávila, a psychologist with a postgraduate degree in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy from PUC-RS and executive director of SOS Player and member of the Gaming Law Committee of the OAB SP; Victoria Cerioni, head of iGaming and Innovation at Sadi Morishita Advogados, associate member of the Contracts and Admissions Committee of the Association of Women in the iGaming Industry and also of the Gaming Committee; and Raquel Zenedin, a Compliance specialist from Insper and Compliance Director of Todos Querem Jogar (TQJ).
 


The productive discussion also had a final panel, moderated by Simone Vicentini: “Perspectives of the Regulated Market”, which featured Rafael Marcondes, president of the Brazilian Fantasy Sports Association and legal director of the Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR); Valter Delfraro Júnior, executive of Government Relations and Business Development at GLI Brasil; and Juliana Albuquerque, Executive Vice President of Conar (National Advertising Self-Regulation Council).

Source: GMB