The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate the activities of sports betting houses in the Brazilian market will be installed today (25) in the Senate. According to Poder360, Dr. Hiran (PP-RR) will be the chairman of the committee, and the vice-chairman will be Eduardo Gomes (PL-TO). The reporting will be handled by Soraya Thronicke (Podemos-MS).
The commission intends to investigate, above all, the period between the legalization of bets in 2018, under the government of Michel Temer (MDB), and the government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), when there was no regulation of the bets. The destination of the payments will be investigated – whether the money stayed in Brazil and was declared to the Federal Revenue, etc.
The CPI will also investigate how sponsorship contracts with football clubs and the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) are celebrated, as well as the origin of the money. However, the CPI is not interested in the topic of result manipulation, which is the subject of another CPI, the Sports Betting CPI, chaired by Jorge Kajuru (PSB-GO).
The parliamentary benches have defined nine of the 11 senators who will be titular members of this commission – União Brasil and PSB will still choose the names that will represent them. The CPI will also have seven alternates, but only four have been indicated until this Thursday (24) afternoon.
Also, this Friday, the senators who will occupy the positions of chairman, vice-chairman, and reporter of the commission will be chosen. This election is made among the members of the CPI. The only women indicated for the commission are Senator Soraya Thronicke (Podemos-MS), who is a titular, and Eliziane Gama (PSD-MA), alternate for the bloc that gathers the parties PSB, PT, and PSD.
Thronicke, in fact, is the author of the request that led to the creation of this CPI. The senator proposed the investigation with the justification that it is necessary to verify the influence that these bets and virtual games have on the budget of Brazilian families. Thirty senators signed the request for the installation of the commission.
This document also indicates that the relationship between sports betting companies and criminal practices, such as money laundering and currency evasion, will be investigated. The participation of celebrities in these betting programs is also under the CPI's scrutiny.
The commission garners support from the left to the right in the Federal Senate. The expectation is that the work will extend for 130 days – that is, it will start this year, will be interrupted by the parliamentary recess in December, and will return in February, when the senators return to the National Congress.
Senators who will compose the CPI of Bets:
- Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE)
- Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA)
- Dr. Hiran (PP-RR)
- Eduardo Gomes (PL-TO)
- Humberto Costa (PT-PE)
- Marcos Rogério (PL-RO)
- Omar Aziz (PSD-AM)
- Soraya Thronicke (Podemos-MS)
- Veneziano Vital do Rêgo (MDB-PB)
Alternates:
- Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI)
- Eliziane Gama (PSD-MA)
- Fernando Farias (MDB-AL)
- Izalci Lucas (PL-DF)
Source: GMB
