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Announcement in today's (22) DOU

Lawyer Régis Dudena is the new Secretary of Prizes and Betting at the Ministry of Finance

A decree from the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic published in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) this Monday (22) the appointment of lawyer Régis Anderson Dudena as the new Secretary of Prizes and Betting (SPA). The news had been circulating for days and now he takes on the role to continue the process of regulating sports betting and online gambling in place of Simone Vicentini.

Lawyer Régis Anderson Dudena is a specialist in public and regulatory law and a partner in a law firm that operates in the federal capital and has a PhD in Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Dudena's appointment ordinance is signed by Rui Costa, Minister of the Civil House.

Dudena's inauguration should take place this Monday (22). The new secretary had already been visiting the Ministry of Finance and getting closer to the entire group at the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting, until then led by Simone Vicentini, deputy secretary.

The appointment of the lawyer is attributed to the Executive Secretary of Finance, Dario Durigan. Dario and Dudena worked together at Palácio do Planalto during Dilma Rousseff's government.

Both worked in the Legal Affairs secretariat of the Civil House. Dudena's name is linked to other names on the left. He has good relations with Edinho Silva (PT), mayor of Araraquara (SP).

The SPA started operating two months ago. Since then, it had been without a permanent boss. Lawyer José Francisco Manssur, special advisor to the Ministry of Finance who coordinated the regulation of sports betting from the beginning, was the most likely to take on the position. But he was exonerated under pressure from Centrão politicians.

Bets representatives welcomed the name Régis Dudena.

From the beginning, the SPA was under the responsibility of Simone Vicentini, appointed as deputy secretary. Since then, it has edited the ordinances that defined requirements for laboratory accreditation and the sector's regulatory policy.

Under her supervision, three laboratories have already been approved, GLI, eCogra and BMM. Last week, the ordinance establishing the rules for payment transactions to be complied with by sports betting and online gaming operators was also published.

Source: GMB