Bill No. 2429 of 2007, authored by Representative Luiz Carlos Hauly (PSDB-PR)

Bill No. 2429 of 2007, authored by Representative Luiz Carlos Hauly (PSDB-PR)
 
It prohibits betting on sporting events via the internet and provides other measures.
 

The National Congress decrees:

 

Article 1. It is prohibited to place bets on any sporting event by any means of data transmission, especially via the World Wide Web, within the national territory, including Brazilian territorial waters and national airspace.

Sole paragraph. The prohibition established in the main clause does not apply to federal sports lotteries and federal and state lotteries authorized by law.

Article 2. Financial institutions, credit card administrators, and any participant in the National Financial System network are prohibited from making any electronic transfers of funds for payment of the activities described in Article 1 of this Law.

§ 1. Violation of the provisions of the heading of this article shall result in a fine equivalent to two hundred times the value of the electronic transfers made and the criminal liability of its representative, pursuant to Article 3 of this Law.

§ 2 The funds collected from violations of this Law will revert to the Fund for the Defense of Diffuse Rights – FDD, created by Law No. 7.347, of July 24, 1985.

Article 3. Infractions of the provisions of Article 1 of this Law shall be subject to the provisions of Article 50 of Decree-Law No. 3.688 of 1941 (Penal Code).

Art. 4 This Law shall come into force on the date of its publication.

JUSTIFICATION

Every day, we learn of the illegal operation of websites that collect bets on sporting events in Brazil.

This constitutes a violation of the Law of Criminal Offenses and the prohibition of gambling in Brazil, especially because it allows access to games by charging the bet amount to the bettor's credit and debit cards.

The objective of this project is to curb this illegal practice by establishing its prohibition, especially via the World Wide Web, extending it to Brazilian territorial waters and national airspace.

Furthermore, it provides for the punishment of those responsible for making the bets available, as well as the bettors and the managers of financial institutions who, directly or indirectly, participate in the process that culminates in the placing of such bets.

I would like to point out that the United States of America, in order to combat this form of "electronic gambling," passed the "Internet Gambling Enforcement Act," prohibiting betting on games through the World Wide Web.

Given the importance of the matter, I count on the support of my esteemed colleagues for the approval of this proposal.

Session Room, November 13, 2007.

Deputy Luiz Carlos Hauly – PSDB-PR