The governor of Rio, Pezão, is due to join his colleague Wellington Dias of Piauí, who filed a lawsuit
The decision of Brasilia says it is based on a constitutional precept, and not for a puritanical reason against gambling.
The government wants to get a large amount of money by promoting international bids to choose a company - not necessarily the local Caixa - to explore a new instant lottery across the country. The auction booty will certainly be higher if the winner has a monopoly, with no local competitors.
Pedro Trengrouse, from FGV, a scholar on the subject, considers it a wrong model of concentration in the federal government. "Brazil is a continent. In the US, every state has its lottery. New York, for example, raises US$ 9 billion. They are US$ 456 per capita against US$ 18.53 from Brazil,” he explains.
For him, with more modern legislation, Rio, for example, could raise more than US$ 305 million per year, against the US$ 46 million today.
Source: Ancelmo Gois Blog - O Globo
