The team of Henrique Meirelles won the intern battle with CEF (Caixa Econômica
Federal) around Lotex, the lottery known as "raspadinha". The
government will auction it so that it can be administered via concession.
CEF wanted to control the company and then privatize it. Even President Michel
Temer became involved in the dispute, which ended up being defeated by
Meirelles.
According to the columnist Mônica Bergamo, from Folha de S. Paulo, the
government estimated that the Lotex concession could raise US$ 1.25 billion,
but the amount was revised to US$ 630 million.
This week, GMB anticipated that international industry leaders IGT, Scientific Games and Intralot are awaiting the government's decision on "Lotex" and have already expressed interest in working with lottery in Brazil. Now it is expected that an official announcement will be published next month, followed by a bidding in October.
Source: GMB / Folha de S. Paulo