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Brasilia – Instants voisi päästä taas eteenpäin uusien hallituksen suunnitelmien mukaisesti

The government is preparing a decree that would bring back the sale of instant lottery Lotex. The government wants to use the ONCE lottery (the lottery in aid of the blind in Spain) as a model. 

The sales network in Brazil, according to the new plans, would be made up by sellers with disabilities and could be used as a way to include people with disabilities in the job market. Lotex would also be available online. According to local press, the government hopes to raise as much as to R$5 billion through the new scheme per year.

Brasilian kehityspankki (BNDES) a federal public company associated with the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Trade and the main financing agent for development in Brazil first oversaw the privatisation of CAIXA’s instant lottery arm. Public tenders for selecting the operator lasted years and were abandoned several times due to a lack of interest.  After the successive presentations of Lotex to international investors the government made the first auction attempt in July 2018  but had to postpone it because of low interest.

In 2019 BNDES decided to relax the rules of the licensing process and a consortium Consórcio Estrela Instantânea formed by SGI and IGT won the bid for Lotex. It was expected to be fully operational by the end of 2020 but was delayed because of COVID-19. Konsortio vetäytyi lopulta sopimuksesta lokakuussa 2020 ilmoitti, että päätös oli tehty, koska jakelusopimusta CAIXA Federalin kanssa ei saatu aikaan: sopimus, jonka molemmat yhtiöt uskoivat olevan olennainen osa liiketoimintamallin menestystä. Lisäksi yhtiö mainitsi yhteisessä lausunnossaan Brasilian korkein oikeus Päätös sallia valtioiden tarjota omia arpajaisiaan yhtenä syynä niiden muuttoon.

The Spanish National Organization of the Blind commonly known as the ONCE was founded in 1938, to raise funds to provide services for the blind and people with serious visual impairment.