"It will also contribute to increasing the State's revenue and consequently more resources to finance the national reconstruction project," he said in a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
The approved bill applies to bets on sporting events and online casinos and includes an 18% tax on the net revenue of online betting companies.
Tax revenue will be distributed to the tourism, sports and education ministries, the National Public Security Fund, social security, and to sports organizations and confederations.
The bill also establishes that the grant for these companies to operate in the country will be worth up to 30 million reais, valid for three years.
($1 = 4.9158 reais)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-09-13/brazils-lower-house-passes-sports-betting-bill-aims-to-raise-335-million-in-2024