Tag Archives: Online gambling
Peru – Government seeks to amend law on online gambling
The Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), José Arista, announced that the government is looking to modify Law 31557, which regulates the operation of online gambling. “The Executive Branch will propose a regulation to Congress amending Law 31557 to regulate elements necessary for the application and collection of taxes on remote gaming and sports betting,…
Chile – Senate Economics Committee approves online bill
The Senate Economics Committee unanimously approved in general the bill regulating the development of online betting platforms in Chile (Bulletin No. 14838-03). The objectives of the bill are to generate a competitive market, taking into account other forms of currently legal gambling such as lottery draws, the lottery (Polla Chilena de Beneficencia) and horse racing…
Dominican Republic – Ministry of Finance regulates online casino and betting licenses         Â
A new Resolution 136-2024 has been published on the website of the Directorate of Casinos and Gambling and on the Ministry of Finance’s page, regulating online sports betting and casino games. Online casino licenses will cost RD$ 20,473,481, while sports betting licences will cost RD$15,355,111 and for gambling games falling outside either category which are…
Argentina – Momentum builds to revoke online licenses in Córdoba
Momentum is growing in the province of Córdoba to effectively put an end to legalised online gambling due to growing fears over gambling addiction. Through a statement, the Evangelical Church expressed its support for a bill that would limit online gambling and rescind licenses already granted by the provincial government. Pastors from the province issued…
Chile – Online gambling bill advancing in Chamber of Deputies
The Economy Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, which has been tasked with analysing the project to establish a regulatory framework for the online gambling sector, has approved 15 articles of the government backed bill. The approved provisions aim to comply “in a better way with the objectives of safeguarding public faith with high technical and oversight…
Brazil – Lawmaker says that gaming bill should be approved before the end of the year
Bill 442/91, which was passed in the lower house and is now in the senate, could be passed after the Presidential elections. The information was confirmed to local newspaper Bahia NotÃcias by Deputy João Carlos Bacelar Batista. Bacelar is a member of the Mixed Parliamentary Front for the Approval of the Regulatory Framework for Games…
Chile – Chilean Association of Gaming Casinos calls on government to regulate online gambling
Cecilia Valdés Vial, Executive President of The Chilean Association of Gaming Casinos (ACCJ) called on the authorities to legislate the online gaming sector in Chile as soon as possible. In a letter published by the newspaper La Tercera, Valdés warned that “there are almost a thousand web gambling and betting platforms that operate completely outside…
Bolivia – Crackdown on illegal gambling
The Bolivian Gaming Control Authority (AJ) has announced that it has carried out a number of raids since the beginning of the year in order to clampdown on illegal gambling. In all the AJ said that it had seized 522 slot machines that were operating without permission and would proceed to destroy them. Slots in…
Chile – Supreme Court rejects lottery attempt to block online gambling
The Supreme Court of Chile confirmed a resolution issued by the Court of Appeals of Santiago thereby rejecting an appeal filed by lottery operator Polla Chilena de Beneficencia which would have obliged internet providers block access to 23 sports betting websites. In its appeal, La Polla Chilena stated that it had sent a letter to…
