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During Juegos Miami 2017

Brazilian official holds presentation on the regulation of lotteries

The Secretary for Economic Monitoring, Mansueto Almeida was part of a panel hosted by Karen Marcela Sierra-Hughes, GLI’s Director of Government Relations and Business Development in Latam and the Caribbean. It also had the participation of Deusdina Pereira, Vice President of Government Funds and Lotteries of CEF and also of Rogelio Fonseca, President of the National Lottery of Charity of El Salvador.

The Secretary for Economic Monitoring, Mansueto Almeida, participated in a public panel yesterday (Thursday) at Juegos Miami, which dealt with fundamental issues for the exploration and regulation of lotteries, such as the social destination of resources from the Lottery activity and also about responsible gambling.

Almeida, who was accompanied by the Deputy Secretary for Fiscal Governance and Lottery Regulation, Alexandre Manoel, presented an overview of lottery regulation in the country, highlighting a diagnosis of the current form of exploitation of federal lotteries in Brazil, as well as initiatives of the Ministry of Finance (SEAE / MF), in particular the ongoing actions to privatize the Exclusive Instant Lottery (LOTEX) and to regulate Fixed Quota (lottery mode "Fixed Odds").

Juegos Miami began on Wednesday (31) and runs through today (Friday, 2), being one of the most consolidated international events of the gaming industry in the Americas, which brings together the main regulating, operating and service authorities for the sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. In this edition of Juegos Miam, the program includes a series of debates, lectures and educational seminars on the sector, as well as networking and exposure of suppliers with modernization and innovation solutions for lotteries, gaming and betting.

Source: GMB