Bill No. 7446 of 2006, authored by Federal Deputy Nelson Marquezelli

Bill No. 7446 of 2006, authored by Federal Deputy Nelson Marquezelli

Amends the wording of Article 13 of Decree-Law No. 204, of February 27, 1967 – Provides for the Operation of Lotteries and other Measures.
 
Article 13 of Decree-Law No. 204, of February 27, 1967, shall now read as follows:
Article 13 – The extractions will be carried out in a room open to the public, using a system of transparent urns and spheres numbered in full, which will be weighed one by one, ten minutes before each extraction, in the presence of independent auditors, on a scale previously calibrated by INMETRO – National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality.

JUSTIFICATION
The proposal in question modifies the criteria for lottery draws in the country, determining the weighing of the numbered spheres in the draws carried out by Caixa Econômica Federal, thus increasing the transparency that should guide the extractions.
We learned, through Information Request No. 3.124 of 2005, authored by the honorable Deputy Carlos Souza, from the Amazonas delegation, that: “In the last quarter of last year, news reports published by some media outlets denounced that a group of people, repeatedly, contrary to all admissible statistical probabilities, won numerous times in the CEF lotteries.
This fraud allegation reportedly triggered investigations by the Council for the Control of Financial Activities – COAF, at the request of the Ministry of Finance, and by the Federal Police, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, which allegedly confirmed the existence of a criminal scheme involving approximately two hundred people who, together, were awarded prizes 98.095 times in the aforementioned contests.
The approval of our project could be one of the actions to prevent these frauds and guarantee the integrity of these raffles.
Meeting Room, September 05, 2006.
 
Nelson Marquezelli – Federal Deputy, PTB – SP

——————————————————————————-

Legislation cited:

Decree-Law No. 204, of February 27, 1967
 
 
It provides for the operation of lotteries and other related matters.
 
 
The PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, using the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 2 of article 9 of Institutional Act No. 4 of December 7, 1966, and
WHEREAS it is the duty of the State, in order to safeguard the integrity of social life, to prevent the emergence and proliferation of prohibited games that are likely to affect national security;
WHEREAS the operation of lotteries constitutes an exception to the rules of criminal law, being permitted only for the purpose of redistributing its profits for social purposes on a national level;
Considering the principle that every individual has the right to health and that it is the duty of the State to ensure this right;
WHEREAS health and medical-hospital care problems constitute a matter of national security;
Considering the serious financial situation faced by the Santa Casas de Misericórdia and other hospital, para-hospital and medical-scientific institutions;
Considering, finally, the Union's competence to legislate on the matter,
 
DECREE:

Article 13. The drawings will be carried out in a room open to the public, using a system of transparent ballot boxes and spheres numbered in full.
§ 1 The Federal Lottery may also adopt other modern extraction systems of proven efficiency and guarantee, duly approved by the Minister of Finance.
§ 2 The drawings will be held at the headquarters of the Federal Lottery or at a location previously and widely publicized by the press.

Article 14. There will be no extraction on national holidays, and those already scheduled will be postponed to the next business day.