Denationalization of games in Brazil

The president of the IJL, Jose Magnho, said that "the long period of prohibition of games in the country, ended up wrongly labeling this activity as a moral issue, as an example of abortion, homo-affective union and drugs. Religious issues, political, ideological, always end up contaminating the debate on the legalization of games," he stressed.

Scenario in Brazil

The prohibitive legislation, as attested by the Brazilian Institute of Legal Gaming, did not alter the scenario of illegal gambling in the country, which moves, annually, in clandestine bets of around R $ 20 billion against R $ 14.5 billion of the legal game.

Taxes

According to the Institute's study, "the Brazilian gaming market has the potential to raise close to R $ 66 billion gross, or close to R $ 19.8 billion per year in taxes and levies, grants, concessions and licenses would add to this collection more than R $ 6.7 billion before even the implementation of these operations in the country. In addition to taxes, grants and investments, the creation of a regulatory framework for this sector could generate more than 208,500 new jobs, besides the formalization of 450 thousand only with the game of the bug ".

The worst is the secrecy

"There will always be opposing positions in relation to the parties, but the worst of the tables is the underground, keeping games outside the law is a way of feeding another industry, much more dangerous and causing harm to society: corruption, tips schemes and political blackmail," explains José Magnho.

Prohibition of the Game

It is well known that there is no registration in any country in the world, experience of success from the social, economic and public safety point of view, among those who opted for the prohibition of gambling or simple distancing of the State in the control of this activity.

Situation in Parliament

The creation of the Regulatory Framework of the Games in Brazil may occur through the substitute approved by the Special Commission of the Regulatory Framework of the Games to PL 442/91 in the Chamber of Deputies in August 2016 and PLS 186/14, in the Senate and the two proposals are ready for voting in the Plenary of the two Legislative Houses.

Legal or illegal game

The leader of the Institute, finally, emphasizes the approach of the Reporter Brasilia column that "the Brazilian is not prohibited from playing, Brazil is prevented from collecting with the games.There are only two options: legal or illegal game, because the ‘no game’ option It is impossible," he concluded.