Brazil Without Casinos
Brazil Without Casinos Stanley Martins Frasão Partner at Homero Costa Advogados, MA in Commercial Law, President of the Commition of Lawyer Societies of OAB/MG. Macau is the only region in China that authorizes the working of Casinos, registering a US$23.5 Billion profit in 2010, four times that of Las Vegas, USA. Of the 108 countries that make up the World Tourism Organization, only two ban gambling: Cuba and Brazil. But Brazil has authorized lotteries such as Mega-Sena, Quina, Lotofácil, Lotomania, Dupla-Sena, Loteria Federal, Loteca, Lotogol, Instantânia e Timemania, all of which are under the command of the Federal Government, and also several types of lottery controlled by the states. There is also the unauthorized lottery named Jogo do Bicho (Animal Game). On April 30, 2013, the decree 9.215/1946 will be 67 years-old. The decree was responsible for the banning of gambling in all of the Brazilian territory. Legend has it that dona Santinha, D. Carmela, wife of presi...