Celso Sabino, the tourism minister in Brazil, believes the vote to legalise land-based casinos could provide a welcome boost to tourism in the country.
While Brazil is set to launch its regulated online betting market on 1 January 2025, it remains unclear whether the country will legalise land-based gambling with PL 2,234/2022, which includes casinos, bingo, jogo de bicho and betting on horseracing, yet to be voted on by the senate.
The bill had been approved by the Justice and Citizenship Committee in June by a 14-12 vote. That committee passed it onto the senate though, as we near October. The bill is still in limbo despite Senator Irajá Abreu claiming he has the votes needed to get it over the line.
