The decree began to be drawn up at the Secretariat for Evaluation, Planning, Energy and Lottery (Secap) of the Ministry of Economy. At the end of last year, the Chamber of Deputies even included fantasy games in a project that also dealt with gambling, but it backed off.
In fantasy games, players compete based on the performance of real-life athletes, such as football championships.
The fantasy games and eSports sector is not regulated in Brazil. In countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, fantasy games are recognized as games of skill and, therefore, have lighter obligations than games of chance, such as casinos, for example.
The decree may still consider games of skill that are not virtual, such as poker, bridge, chess and checkers.
Source: Metropoles
