Brazil Football Expo CBF to debate about sportsbooks and games legalization

It wil be BFE first edition, which started as the greatest Football Event and Congress in America and will count with the presence of great Brazilian and international professionals as speakers.

Organized by CBF, the Congress will count with the participation of ket football players, incuding managers of clubs from series A and B, national federations, students and experts on the matter, and has the aim to continue the development of the Brazilian football.

The event expects to host around 45.000 people at the show, with 15.000 university students and professionals working on the segment. We will have 10 halls fo 150 people each at the congress, in order to provide professional training about more than 60 issues related to football. Modules of conferences will work with two or three expert speakers that will share their knowledge with the students.

Exhibition

On top of the Congress, BFE will have more than 9,000 sqm in a space to integrate the whole football industry with all the companies, clubs, associations and federations that operate in the segment. This space will be special for the creation of networks, business opportunities and interactive activities.

The module "Betting sites" will be held September 6th, with the participation of the Secretary of Evaluation, Planification, Energy and Lottery of the Ministry of Economy
- SECAP / ME, Alexandre Manoel Angelo da Silva; president of the Worldwide SYstem of Lottery Monitoring (GLMS), and sportsbooks counsellor for the Lottery of the State of Oregon, Ludovico Calvi, and the president of the Brazilian Institute of Legal Gaming , IJL, Magnho José.

Alexandre Manoel will present a general description of the lotteries of the Union and the regulation process of the Law N ° 13.756, which, from December 2018 has enabled the sportsbooks activity with fixed installments in the whole country.

Ludovico Calvi is specialist in sportsbooks and has worked on the implementation of this sport in Italy, administrating the largest sportsbook network in Italy through Lottomatica. He currently heads GLMS, which is a state system of sportsbooks monitoring in Italy, and was made global in 2015, after having built its reputation on the experience of the European Lottery Monitoring System (ELMS) established by the European Lotteries. GLMS has the aim to prevent, detect and analyze irregular bets and suspicious activities which may question the integrity of a sports competition.

Magnho José is specialist in games and lotteries and IJL president, an entity in charge of the talks with the National Congress with the process of bills (PLS 186/14 y PL 442/91). On top of the political aspects, the journalist may face a proposal of the Regulatory Framework of the Games in Brazil (PL 442/91), which plans the release of bingos in stadiums with capacity for more than 15,000 people and generate new income in the budget of the football clubs.

Each speaker will make its presentation followed by the interaction with the public.