Zona de Azar Brazil – Brazil: CEsp to Debate Allocation of Lottery Funds to E-sports

Brazil.- October 8, 2024  www.zonadeazar.com The Sports Committee (CEsp) will hold a public hearing next Wednesday (9) at 9:30 AM to discuss the bill (PL 6.118/2023), which proposes allocating part of the funds obtained from numerical lotteries to electronic sports (E-sports). The public hearing responds to a request (REQ 13/2024 – CEsp) submitted by Senator Rodrigo Cunha (Podemos-AL).

The bill, authored by Senator Izalci Lucas (PSDB-DF), amends Law 13.756 of 2018 by increasing the current 4.36% to 4.40% of the lottery sports proceeds allocated to sports. The 0.04% difference will be directed to the Brazilian Confederation of Games and E-sports (CBGE), by including CBGE in the National Sports System through an amendment to Law 9.615 of 1998.

Debate

Fourteen people have been invited to participate in the public hearing, all pending confirmation:

• Giovanni Rocco Neto, National Secretary of Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sports at the Ministry of Sports;
• Representative of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB);
• Representative of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB);
• Representative of Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF);
• Representative of the Brazilian Confederation of Electronic Sports (Cbdel);
• Representative of the Brazilian Confederation of Games and E-sports (CBGE);
• Representative of the NGO Athletes for Brazil (ApB);
• Bruno Martins da Silveira Gomes Paes, Managing Partner of Imperial E-sports Team;
• Representative of Loud Team;
• Representative of Furia E-sports Team;
• Representative of Riot Games;
• Representative of Valve Corporation;
• Representative of Ubisoft; and
• Representative of Electronic Arts.

How to Participate

The event will be interactive: citizens can send questions and comments through the Senate Ombudsman’s phone line (0800 061 2211) or via the e‑Cidadania Portal, which may be read and responded to live by the senators and debaters. The Senate offers a participation certificate, which can be used as complementary course hours in universities, for example. The e‑Cidadania Portal also receives opinions on the bills under consideration in the Senate, as well as suggestions for new laws.

Source: Senate Agency
Edited by: @_fonta
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