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Lottopar joins Brazil’s first ordinary SINAPO meeting

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Paraná State Lottery (Lottopar) President Daniel Romanowski and chief of staff Pablo Wosniacki attended the first ordinary meeting of Brazil’s National Betting System (SINAPO) in Brasília on 13 May. The Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting convened the forum to discuss operator authorisation, oversight, integrity, responsible gambling and cooperation between states and the federal government.

The meeting provides state lottery authorities a forum to discuss shared betting oversight and regulatory coordination.

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