Last year, the Senate planned to consider a different bill that would allow expanded online gaming. That never happened, largely because of the close election between Bolsonaro and now-President Luiz Lula da Silva.<\/strong><\/p>\nNow that Bolsonaro, who was strictly against expanded gambling, is out of the political limelight, things could change. However, the former president isn\u2019t fading off into the sunset, recently stating that he still plans on challenging his successor every chance he gets.<\/p>\n
This could mean trying to block several initiatives currently underway. Brazil is closer than it has ever been to embracing regulated sportsbooks and online casinos, both blocked under Bolsonaro. But even as the finish line may be within arm\u2019s length, there\u2019s still more work to do to reach it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brazil continues to work on expanding legal gambling in the country. There are different projects underway to achieve that goal, and Senators are now reviving a plan that could lead to more casinos appearing across the landscape. At the end of March, the Senate approved the return of PL 2.648\/2019, a bill that would legalize […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":267344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81884,13],"tags":[40,81904,81899],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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