There is a reason for this move. Giants of the world of casinos already map the Brazilian states with potential options for this business, and Bahia and Salvador are some of them. Among the big names there are Las Vegas companies, international groups such as the MGM Mirage and Sands Corporation, with casinos in Macao and Europe where money moves fast.
Close to them, in financial potential, the big Brazilian “bicheiros” (operators of jogo do bicho) are, literally, a coin in a slot machine. Parliamentarians of the Bahian PSD, it is believed, like Senator Otto Alencar, favor a kind of national market reserve for legalized gambling industry.
National product - Angelo Coronel, pretended candidate for the Senate in Rui, thinks that the proposal is more than fair. He says that conceptually he is against (gaming), but that it should be considered in first place the local people.
"What we can not do is let the foreigners lead the sector," he says.
But there is still no consensus on the Bahian bench. Elmar Nascimento (DEM), who was the Commission's president on the subject, has already brokered meetings with foreign entrepreneurs with ACM Neto. To open a casino will require authorizations from the municipality and others from the state.
But everyone wins: states and municipalities must collect a lot of taxes, with figures that may go up to US$5.6 billion across the country. In addition to turning the economy with tourism, jobs, etc.
Source: GMB / A Tarde
