Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies of Brazil is considering a request by opponents of a gaming legalization bill to annul its urgency and take the bill out of consideration.
Last December the legislature had approved an urgency regime by a vote of 293 to 138.
Deputy Filipe Barros presented two requests asking that the session be cancelled. One of the requests said the Request for Urgency “failed to analyze the various projects added, including the definitive ban on gambling.” He added, “Going into the merits of the matter, which proves to be harmful to the Brazilian population, it is clear that the vote on the simple request of 6 years ago and on another founded Legislature, is illegal and anti-regime.”
It will be up to the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira, to decide whether to move ahead on the bill.
Supporters of the bill hope to use gaming to help revive the Brazilian economy, create job and create a new taxation revenue stream.
Last year Lira said in an interview: “This issue of legalizing gambling in Brazil has been debated for a long time. Those who defend legalization will explain their reasons and those who are against will give theirs.”
