The mayor of Belo Horizonte approves the law that created the Belo Horizonte Municipal Lottery – BHLOT.

The sanction of the law that established the Municipal Lottery of Belo Horizonte – BHLOT was published in the Official Gazette of the Municipality this Saturday (15). Authored by councilor Juliano Lopes (Agir), the law that created the municipal lottery aims to raise funds and finance actions and projects focused on social assistance, human rights, sports, culture, health and public safety.

The Municipal Secretariat of Economic Development – ​​SMDE will be responsible for organizing and managing the resources of BHLOT, which may operate any lottery modalities foreseen in Federal Law No. 13.756/2018. SMDE will also be responsible for regulating the law and issuing any necessary supplementary regulations.

Lottery modalities may be operated by the Executive Branch or through partnerships, concessions, or permits via any possible sales methods, including electronic and online channels. All lottery modalities will be regulated through their respective lottery plans.

In the case of BHLOT operation through partnership, concession or permit, the company responsible for the service is obliged to run the contest and distribute the prize, within the conditions imposed in the delegation granted by the municipality.

The company responsible for running the municipal lottery, whether through a partnership, concession, or permit, is responsible for developing the lottery plans, providing equipment, distribution, sales and advertising, issuing credentials to the distribution and resale agents appointed by the municipality, paying prizes, and managing the administrative, financial, and statistical aspects of sales, revenue, and the collection of applicable taxes.

Prize money that expires and goes unclaimed after 90 days will be reverted to the Municipal Social Assistance Fund.

SMDE will adopt the guarantee systems it deems appropriate to ensure security against tampering or manipulation of the tickets and will regulate the method of delivery of the amounts destined for Social Security, income tax levied on the prize, and other legal beneficiaries.

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LAW No. 11.549, OF JULY 14, 2023.

Edition: 6803 | 1st Edition | Year XXIX | Published on: July 15, 2023

GP – Mayor's Office

LAW No. 11.549, OF JULY 14, 2023.

Establishes BHLOT.

The people of the municipality of Belo Horizonte, through their representatives, decree and I sanction the following law:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 – The Belo Horizonte Municipal Lottery – BHLOT is hereby established, which may operate any lottery modalities provided for in Federal Law No. 13.756, of December 12, 2018.

§ 1 – Any operation, game or bet, in the form of a prediction contest, for obtaining a prize in money or goods of another nature, is considered a lottery game.

§ 2 – Lottery modalities may be operated through any possible means of sale, including electronic and online means.

Article 2 – The municipal lottery public service will be operated by the Executive Branch, through the Municipal Secretariat of Economic Development – ​​SMDE – or through partnership, concession or permit.

Article 3 – All lottery modalities to be operated by BHLOT will be regulated through their respective lottery plans.

CHAPTER II

ON THE ALLOCATION OF LOTTERY FUNDS

Article 4 – The right of winning bettors to claim the value of the prizes offered will expire in 90 (ninety) days.

Sole paragraph – The value of unclaimed and prescribed prizes will be reverted as income in favor of the Municipal Social Assistance Fund.

Article 5 – In the case of operating a municipal lottery service through a partnership, concession, or permit, the company responsible for the service is obligated to run the lottery and distribute the prizes, within the conditions imposed in the delegation granted by the municipality.

§ 1 – The company executing the municipal lottery public service resulting from a partnership, concession, or permit is responsible for preparing the lottery plans, providing equipment, distribution, sales and advertising, issuing credentials to the distribution and resale agents appointed by the municipality, paying prizes, and controlling the administrative, financial, and statistical aspects of sales, collection, and payment of applicable taxes.

§ 2 – For any failure to collect taxes or income destined for the Municipal Social Assistance Fund, as well as for non-payment and/or delivery of prizes, after being notified, the executor must pay to the Municipal Social Assistance Fund, as a fine, the equivalent of 20 (twenty) times the amount in arrears, and the concession will be suspended until proof of its regularization is provided and, in case of recurrence, the executor's delegation will be canceled.

§ 3 – At the end of the fiscal year, on December 31 of each year or as determined by the delegation, the executing company must provide, within 60 (sixty) days, a copy of its duly audited operations.

CHAPTER III

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 6 – The Executive Branch, through SMDE or through partnerships, concessions, or permits, will adopt the guarantee systems it deems appropriate to ensure security against ticket tampering or manipulation.

Article 7 – The SMDE will regulate the method of delivery of the amounts destined for Social Security, the income tax levied on the prize, and other legal beneficiaries.

Article 8 – It is the responsibility of the Executive Branch, through the SMDE (Municipal Secretariat for Education), to regulate the provisions of this law and to issue any supplementary regulations that may be necessary.

Article 9 – This law enters into force on the date of its publication.

Belo Horizonte, July 14, 2023.

Fuad Noman

Mayor of Belo Horizonte

(Originating from Bill No. 528/23, authored by Councilor Professor Juliano Lopes) ( DOMBH )