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Brazilië – Loterijen willen hun inspraak over federale sportweddenschappen

Jodismar Amaro, President of FEBRALOT (The Brazilian Federation of Lottery Companies) says that the lottery sector should have a say in the way sports betting measures are developed and that lottery agencies should be a part of sports betting once it goes live.

“There are 13,000 lottery houses in Brazil, we have the network ready and we want to be included in some way,” Amaro told press.

The objective of the entity is to participate in the debates, when the Provisional Measure is published, and to present amendments to the text that will be published, according to the Minister of Finance, as soon as President Lula da Silva returns from his trip to China, on the 26th of March.

With a network of 13,000 agencies throughout the country, Febralot argues that allowing lottery companies to offer sports betting would have a positive impact on the sector while increasing the income of lottery operators throughout Brazil.

Minister van Financiën Fernando Haddad heeft aangekondigd dat de regering online sportweddenschappen gaat reguleren en is van plan in maart met een formele maatregel te komen. In een gesprek met journalisten zei Haddad dat de voorlopige maatregel (MP) om online sportweddenschappen te belasten, zal worden geïmplementeerd nadat hij en de president terugkeren uit China.

De minister legde uit dat er nog geen besluit is genomen over de belastingheffing gezien de schaarste aan informatie over de inkomsten van bedrijven en dat de maatregel 90 dagen na de publicatie van het parlementslid in werking zal treden.