Bill 2,234/2022 has already been approved by the Senate's Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) and was withdrawn from the agenda last week by the rapporteur of the matter, Senator Irajá (PSD-TO), due to opposing positions on the topic, which jeopardized its approval by the Plenary.
The controversy surrounding online gaming made it impossible to vote this year, especially regarding addiction among Bolsa Família beneficiaries.
Therefore, according to Uribe, the order at the Planalto Palace is to make a new attempt in the first half of 2025.
Recently, at an event in São Paulo, the Minister of Sports, André Fufuca, said that he does not agree that online casinos were authorized before physical casinos. For the Minister of Sports, this hindered the progress of Bill 2,234/2022, given the legalization of sports betting and the appropriate regulation.
The expectation is that, in the long term, the legalization of casinos, bingo and jogo do bicho will generate revenue for the federal government of R$22 billion (US$ 3.6bn).
Source: CNN
