Just like Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais also decided to fight for the right to explore lottery activities, which allocate all the revenue to social actions in the state, and entered with action to continue operating its lottery services (Instantaneous of Mineira, Keno Minas, Multiplix , Minas5, Loto Minas, Totolot, Speed Race and Toto Gol). In the lawsuit, it filed a petition for the anticipation of tutela to guarantee the operation until the merits of the case are judged, which guarantees the continuity of the lottery business in the state until the final decision of the lawsuit.
Celebrated by Able - Brazilian Association of State Lotteries - and Lottery of the State of Minas Gerais as an important victory for the activity, Judge Evangelista's decision points out that "it is a notorious fact that the State of Minas Gerais has been exploiting lotteries for decades" and that "the immediate suspension of economic activity already incorporated to its competence would imply the commitment of public income indispensable to the financial equilibrium of the State. The contrary, however, can not be said in relation to the Union," says the judge.
In his decision, Evangelista admits that "in addition to the application of funds in various state public programs, there will still be an annual impact for the State of Minas Gerais of USD1 million due to the absorption of the effective employees and the inactive personnel sheet of the Federal Lottery. "
From now on, it is expected that the Union will be demonstrating as a defendant in the action, since the court has summoned the Union to "want to contest the legal deadline. At the opportunity the party should say, reasonably, if and what evidence it intends to produce. " The Government of Minas Gerais and the Lottery of the State of Minas Gerais shall have the right to contest the Union's manifestation also in legal terms for a final final decision of the Justice.
Fonte: GMB
