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Argentina’s San Juan province is preparing to tender five online gambling licences as it moves towards opening a locally regulated iGaming market. The Caja de Acción Social (CAS), led by Juan Pablo Medina, is drafting the tender specifications, although officials have not announced when the process will begin.
San Juan currently has no authorised online gambling operators.
The tender is the next stage in a process that began with the unanimous approval of Provincial Law 2724-P on 12 December 2024. Published a week later, the law created a framework covering online casino games, sports betting and other forms of digital wagering conducted within San Juan.
The provincial legislation allows the CAS to grant a maximum of five licences through public tender. Applicants must demonstrate technical, economic and financial capacity, establish a legal address in San Juan and meet tax, registration and anti-money-laundering requirements. Licences may run for up to ten years, with a possible extension of as many as five years.
San Juan’s forthcoming regulated platforms will be required to use the .bet.ar domain reserved for operators approved by Argentine gambling authorities. The regulations also envisage biometric identity checks and geolocation technology to prevent minors from gambling and ensure that customers are physically located within an authorised jurisdiction.
The framework is intended to move online betting into a supervised market while giving authorities stronger tools against unlicensed websites. It also requires operators to maintain individual player accounts, record deposits and withdrawals, comply with responsible-gambling controls and prevent the use of payment accounts belonging to people under 18.
Alongside the licensing process, San Juan is negotiating a regional self-exclusion agreement with Mendoza and San Luis. The proposed arrangement would connect the three provinces’ registers so that a person who voluntarily excludes from gambling in one jurisdiction cannot simply enter a casino or use a licensed platform in another.
Officials have already prepared a draft agreement, but further meetings are required before it can be signed. Once approved, the provinces are expected to need between 60 and 90 days to adapt their systems and connect the relevant databases.
The licensing timetable, application fees, monthly operator levies and final tender conditions have yet to be disclosed.
