Is Sports Betting Legal in Brazil

18/07/2014 | Categories: Legal Sports Betting | Published by: offshoresports

Is Sports betting legal in Brazil as it moves forward with online Gambling Legislation –

The new Bill is part of Brazilian legislation to update gambling laws to define national jurisdiction.

The Brazilian government was presented with comprehensive legislation seeking to legalise online sports betting, casino and bingo, to the country's senate.

The National Rule and Licensing Bill Proposed

The Brazilian authorities would like to moderate (legislate) most or all types of betting with the intent of effectively monitoring and legalising as much online betting as is feasible.

The proposal also consists of the steps through which betting operators could get licencing to get into the Brazilian market.Applicants would require licences and the ability to show sufficient technical ability, appropriate tax conformity and economic viability.

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The Bill additionally deals with the fines for illegal operators, which would include as much as one year of custodial sentence along with fines.

The Money Involved

Brazil Statesman Ciro Nogueira claims the current unregulated gaming market in Brazil is currently worth approximately US$ 18bn; legalising it would plainly yield significant tax earnings which could be used as money towards social investment.

Steps to Legalisation

The costs and legal processes involved include being passed by Brazil's Committee on Regional Tourist Advancement. Other committees and compensations it ultimately must pass through including the Economic Matters Task force and the Task force on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship.

Motion to Update Gambling Regulation

The Brazil Us senate has already started tightening up control over its gaming market by passing a motion doing away with a legal loophole that had enabled foreign egaming companies to get to Brazilian consumers.

Loophole Corrected

Under Brazil's constitution any kind of contact undertaken online goes through the regulations of the jurisdiction where it has been sanctioned which, in online gaming's case, is the area of the wager taker's permit.

However, in April, President Dilma Rousseff passed the Civil Site Bill of Law in April, empowering Brazilian courts to swiftly shut out access to website's they discovered in offence of the country's nationwide regulations.

This is a significant step to eventual prevalent online gambling regulations throughout the whole continent of South America.