INSIGHT LATIN AMERICA FOCUS: BRAZIL


April 2024


Te CCJ announces that it will hold a public hearing on PL 2234/2022 in May. According to the Senate News Agency although the bill had been scheduled for discussion that month the vote on its approval is likely to happen only after the public hearing and further debate on the matter. Te rapporteur rejects four amendments presented to the CCJ. One of them, from Senator Carlos Viana, had aimed to exclude casinos and the Jogo do Bicho from regulation.


May 2024 4 Te public hearing on PL 2,234/2022 takes


place. Some participants support the initiative, highlighting the potential to boost tourism, while others express concerns about the


increase in dependency-related issues and crime.


Carlos Henrique Sobral, National Secretary of Infrastructure, Credit, and Investments at the Ministry of Tourism argues that casinos would provide a boost to tourism.


Alex Pariente, Vice President of Casino


Operations at Hard Rock International, states that the number of Brazilians travelling to Las Vegas to take part in gambling activities is significant.


On the other hand, according to the prosecutor of the Ministry of Public Prosecution of Minas Gerais, André Estevão Ubaldino Pereira, the lack of growth in tourism in Brazil is due to


public safety issues such as homicides and their link to drug trafficking. In his assessment, the approval of the bill will strengthen criminal organisations and worsen tourism. Gilberto Pereira, Executive Vice President of the National Association of Federal Revenue


Auditors of Brazil (Anfip), states that Anfip is against the bill due to issues related to tax


evasion and the association of casinos with criminal organisations.


Later in the same month the CCJ postpones the vote on the bill and discussion on the topic is


rescheduled. Senators opposed to the proposal indicate that they will request more time for


analysis and request a much wider debate on the bill in the senate.


What happens next?


Senators opposed to gambling on principle are beginning to rally against the bill and there are now growing calls for the bill to be examined further in at least three more senate committees. As a result its journey through Congress is far from over and the bill could change radically by the time it reaches the plenary for a vote.


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