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Buenos Aires Province has begun applying a 2% contribution to prizes generated by online games of immediate resolution, including virtual slots, under a measure the provincial government expects to raise between ARS35bn and ARS40bn per month.
The measure was formalised through Resolution 1149/2026 of the Provincial Institute of Lotteries and Casinos, signed on 1 September, and applies to the seven licensed online gambling platforms operating in the province. Collection began on 8 September.
The contribution applies to prizes resulting from successive bets on games where the outcome is determined immediately, leaving sports betting outside its scope. The seven authorised platforms are Bet365, Betano, Betsson, BetWarrior, BPlay, Sportsbet and Stake.
The measure does not create a new levy from scratch. Article 137 of Buenos Aires Province’s Law 15.079, promulgated in December 2018, established a contribution of between 1% and 3% on all prizes resulting from successive bets on immediate-resolution games. Resolution 1149/2026 sets the rate at 2% for the online games now covered.
Players are the taxpayers under the scheme, while operators act as substitute withholding agents. The platforms will be required to submit weekly sworn declarations detailing the prizes subject to the contribution and to deposit the withheld amounts monthly.
Under Article 137, the proceeds are distributed first to the province’s municipalities under the coparticipation formula set out in Decree 356/04, with the remainder directed to the Fondo de Progreso e Inclusión Social (FOPIS), which funds health, education and social-development programmes. The government said part of the revenue would allow it to sustain and deepen policies addressing problem gambling, particularly among adolescents.
Buenos Aires government minister Carlos Bianco said the province expected to receive between ARS35bn and ARS40bn in additional monthly revenue from the measure, describing it as a contribution already contemplated in Law 15.079 that was now being applied specifically to immediate-resolution games.
The province has simultaneously highlighted measures against illegal online gambling, including more than 800 complaints against unlicensed platforms, the most recent of which led to the blocking of 537 unauthorised gambling websites. Bianco also pointed to the province’s existing biometric identification requirement for access to licensed platforms, which he said made Buenos Aires the first Argentine province to adopt the mechanism.
