Zona de Azar Brasil- Brasil: Legalisation of Casinos, Bingos Jogo do Bicho to be discussed and Voted on

Brasília.- June 18, 2024 www.zonadeazar.com The president of the Senate Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Committee (CCJ), Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP) called an extraordinary meeting for Wednesday (19) to debate and vote on bill 2234/22 (PL 442/91) , which legalizes resort, tourist and river casinos , as well as bingo, Jogo do Bicho and online gambling.

As reported by the BNLData website, the bill is the only item on the CCJ’s agenda, but it will be considered after the Deliberative Meeting scheduled for the same day at 10 am, which includes the hearing of nominees for the positions of Minister of the TST and National Inspector of CNJ Justice.

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There is the possibility of canceling the extraordinary meeting to vote on the games project, due to the start of the Ordinary Deliberative Session of the Federal Senate plenary at 2pm, which, according to the internal regulations, prevents the voting of proposals by the thematic committees after the opening of the meeting. Day order.

The text of the project has already received a favorable opinion from rapporteur Irajá Silvestre (PSD-TO), in addition to statements of support from the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG) , and the president of the CCJ, who guaranteed that the proposal will be voted on before July 15th, which is when the parliamentary recess begins. On the other hand, the legalization of gambling is criticized by the conservative wing of the Senate.

The proposal to liberalize casinos and other games of chance was approved in the Chamber of Deputies in 2018 and has since been processed in the Senate.

Voting on the Bill has already been postponed four times.

https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/atividade/sessao-plenaria/-/pauta/26155

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