Belo Horizonte Mayor Álvaro Damião supports a bill to reduce the municipal services tax rate for betting companies from 5% to 2%. The proposal has been before the city council since 24 July, with no timetable yet for committee consideration; a public hearing on betting is scheduled for 26 August at 10:00.
The proposal could change the municipal tax rate applicable to betting companies in Belo Horizonte if approved.
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Belo Horizonte’s city council is due to hold a second-round vote on a bill banning betting-company advertising in the city, according to the report. The proposal would prohibit promotional activities, kiosks and naming-rights agreements; it requires at least 21 votes to proceed to the mayor for sanction or veto.
Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte have issued decrees restricting betting advertising on municipal property and at public events. The Rio decree gives advertisers and advertising companies ten days to remove or adapt existing displays before fines take effect; Belo Horizonte’s rules include a 100-metre buffer around specified public facilities and give municipal bodies 15 working days to review contracts. The measures do not prohibit betting operations or advertising on digital media, television or private events.
Belo Horizonte mayor Álvaro Damião signed a decree prohibiting fixed-odds betting advertising on municipal property, urban furniture and public-sector events in the Brazilian city. The restriction also covers advertising within 100 metres of schools, museums and public facilities serving young people; municipal bodies have 15 working days to review existing arrangements and stop covered adverts.
Belo Horizonte councillor Pedro Rousseff withdrew a bill to restrict betting-company advertising from the city council’s 10 June voting agenda, saying it lacked sufficient support. The proposal was postponed until at least July for further consultations; a related bill was also halted under the legislature’s rules.
Belo Horizonte’s city council postponed a vote on two bills restricting online betting advertising, which had been scheduled for 10 June, until July. Councillor Pedro Rousseff requested the delay, saying the proposals lacked the 21 votes needed for approval; the bills cover sponsorships, social media promotion and other marketing.