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Brazil’s new gaming law has suffered a major setback as Senators have failed to reach agreement on the latest draft before the committee stage
BRAZIL LEGISLATION
A meeting of Brazil’s Special Committee on National Development, which was scheduled for October 19, in order to study the legalisation of gambling was cancelled at the last moment. A spokesman for the Senate warned that no agreement had been reached when it came to analysing the new law and that the articles of the draft law which addresses the tender process for gambling operations and contracts had to be revised.
Amongst the initiatives which were scheduled for discussion were the types of gaming which would have been permitted, the duration of licences as well as the rules for the distribution of awards and the collection of taxes.
However, Chairman of the Committee Senator Fernando Bezerra Coelho said that a number of changes had been put forward by members of the Senate all of which had to be taken into account and studied for their possible inclusion in a new draft of the bill. Furthermore, no future date has been set for a debate when it comes to any revised version of the bill in the committee stage.
Te act had been originally scheduled for debate in the special committee for October 5th but it was delayed until October 19th after Senator Fernando Bezerra Coelho made a request that the law be returned to the committee for further discussion.
Te bill has been earmarked amongst three other major policy changes as an urgent priority by the President of the House Senator Renan Calheiros. Calheiros announced in June that the Senate would vote on a number of controversial projects that have had met with no agreement and have been stalled for years.
Te Senate is considering a revised bill initially put forward by Senator Ciro Nogueira in 2014 which proposes the legalisation of casinos, bingo halls, slot parlours and the popular “Jogo do Bicho” or “Animal Game.” Te text defines the types of gaming that can be played in Brazil, the criteria for how licences are to be granted and the rules for the distribution of prizes as well as how gaming is to be taxed in the future.
However the bill has faced a long and complex route though the committee stage as Senators have struggled to find consensus on the issue and divisions have become increasingly apparent. Te draft law was initially approved in December and it was initially destined to go straight to for analysis in the Chamber of Deputies. However, Senator Randolfe Rodrigues, an opponent of the project, managed to gather enough signatures to ensure that the bill would not go direct to the Chamber of Deputies for
Gaming Law Flounders in the Senate approval without full Senate approval first.
In April the Special Committee on National Development approved amendments to Brazil’s new gaming laws meaning that the law would, it was believed at the time, be put forward before the full Senate for approval. However in August it was announced that the act would be discussed once again in the Special Committee on National Development in the Senate after Senator Fernando Bezerra Coelho made a request that the law be returned to the committee for further discussion.
Te Senator claimed that more time was needed after hearing from representatives from a number of government agencies who had made it clear that the bill needed changes before being enshrined into law. Bezerra had said that the project needed to be improved upon specifically in order to prevent money laundering.
Amongst the new changes to the draft law are requirements which will make it obligatory for gaming establishments to keep records on bets as well as security camera footage for five years. In addition the act in its latest version will make it illegal for politicians and their relatives to run or operate gaming establishments in the future.
Tis and other important aspects of the draft of the new bill were due to be discussed on September 19th. However it would seem that the bill could face an increasingly difficult time in the Senate as the body becomes increasingly split on the issue.
Meanwhile gaming legislation is still faring well in the Chamber of Deputies and it’s own gaming act was approved by a committee in September. Te Regulatory Framework of Gaming provides that casinos can only be established in integrated hotel establishments such as large scale resorts. Depending on the population, the hotels where the casinos operate will have to offer a minimum number of rooms, ranging from 100 (to states with less than 5 million inhabitants) to thousands (in states with more than 25 million).
Now that the bill has passed through the committee stage it will need to go before the full house for approval. It will then need to go before the Senate before being finally signed off by the Executive branch. However if the Senate’s version of the gaming bill is passed first (which is looking increasingly unlikely given the present circumstances) then it will need to go before the Chamber of Deputies and then the Executive. Either way it would seem that gaming legislation in Brazil still has a long way to go yet before it becomes a reality.
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