A project that would legalize gaming in Brazil is the purpose for the first meeting of the Special Committee on National Development in the Brazilian Senate.

The revision of a bill presented by Senator Ciro Nogueira in 2014 will be the focus of the committee’s discussions. This week’s proposed legislation includes casinos, slots parlors, bingo halls, and outlawed by federal law since 1946, the lottery-type drawing called “Jogo do Bicho” or “Animal Game.” The language of the legislation defines the types of gaming that would be legal in Brazil, sets the criteria for the man…