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Legislation to advance gambling in Brazil is currently under siege by its Senate, where it’s been stagnant for almost all of 2022. A familiar face behind measures to alter the country’s gaming landscape is now coming out in front, which could help push the issue forward.
Felipe Carreras, a member of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, has joined the transition team for the incoming Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration. Between 2013 and 2014, Carreras was Secretary of Tourism of Recife and also held the same position in Pernambuco between 2015 and 2018. In addition, he was president of the country’s National Tourism Forum.
Carreras is now returning in a tourism capacity as da Silva gets ready to assume power. His new appointment is notable because he was one of those who approved the Gaming Regulatory Framework, which is an issue that will likely be a major part of Lula’s new agenda.
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