The bill to legalize land-based casinos in Brazil is ready to be voted upon despite evangelical pushback, according to the bill’s rapporteur senator Irajá Abreu.
The legal online betting market launched in Brazil on 1 January, but PL 2,234/2022 remains in limbo despite being approved by the Justice and Citizenship Committee in June last year.
The senate vote was pushed back on a number of occasions, but Irajá said she remains confident the bill has the necessary support to be approved soon, despite pushback from a number of political parties.
“Based on the debates we had in the senate with public hearings, the matter is ready, ripe to be discussed and voted on in the plenary…” Irajá told Poder360 last Wednesday (9 April).
