Brazil Senate expects casino bill vote in first half of 2025, tourism minister says
Brazil’s tourism minister Celso Sabino said a Senate vote on legislation to regulate casinos is expected in the first half of 2025. The bill, which would legalise land-based casinos and horse-racing betting, had not yet received a Senate vote; the source said Senator Irajá Silvestre had withheld it from proceeding after a debate in December 2024.
A Senate vote would determine whether Brazil advances a proposed framework for land-based casinos and horse-racing betting.