However, the Court’s president, Vital do Rêgo, understood that it was necessary to explicitly establish the requirement to ensure the Secretariat’s operation, particularly to prevent issues such as money laundering related to the fixed-odds betting market.
The audit originated after the Court’s presidency, in October 2024, ordered a series of oversight actions to assess the new betting market. The TCU concluded that the lack of personnel is worsened by insufficient technological resources within the Secretariat.
This Wednesday (3), the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting was advised to formalize, in operational manuals or other technical documents, the procedures for the main activities performed by its staff, including those related to preventing money laundering, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the financing of terrorism.
With the measure, the Ministry of Finance must submit to the Court detailed reports on the Secretariat’s operations, including information on the human, technological, and budgetary resources available to ensure the SPA’s proper performance in analyzing license applications, inspecting, and monitoring sports betting and online gaming companies.
The Ministry must comply with the request within the maximum deadline of 120 days.
Source: GMB
