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Macapá council approves bill creating municipal lottery

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Macapá’s City Council approved a bill to establish the municipal lottery LOTMAC, with nine votes in favour. The proposal provides for private concessions to operate fixed-odds betting and creates a special authority to regulate and supervise the sector; it awaits executive sanction before taking effect and proceeding to bidding.

The bill would create a local framework for lottery and fixed-odds betting concessions, subject to executive sanction.

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