The project was approved with 246 votes, against 202, and was opposed by most of the PT bench. The proposal did not begin to proceed in the Senate.

The legalization of gambling is one of the matters pertaining to the Tourism portfolio. Ministers who passed through the portfolio in other governments defended proposals focused on the subject, such as the integration of casinos to resorts.

The evangelical bench in Congress opposes all proposals to allow gambling.

Daniela Carneiro, the minister whose days are numbered in the Lula government, is evangelical and should join the Republicans, a party linked to the Universal Church.

Source: Metrópoles