Tag Archives: Online Gaming
Argentina – Online gambling to launch in Córdoba after presidential elections
The government of Córdoba province has announced that online gambling will finally go live. The launch is scheduled to take place 48 hours after the presidential runoff election between Sergio Massa and Javier Milei which will be held on November 19. However according to the lottery from November 21 and for 45 days, until January 5, the…
Brazil – Public hearing on sports betting held in the senate
In a public hearing last Thursday (19) at the Economic Affairs Commission (CAE), lawmakers and stakeholders discussed the main points that need to be addressed for Brazil’s sports betting bill (PL 3626/2023 ). According to the senate news agency José Francisco Manssur, special advisor to the Ministry of Finance, laid out the most important points…
Brazil – Different tax rates for online casinos and sports betting proposed
Senator Angelo Coronel the rapporteur of the sports betting bill in the Senate’s Economic Affairs Committee has said that he intends to maintain the 18% GGR taxation rate for online casinos and reduce the sports betting tax rate to 12%. The bill has already passed through the Chamber of Deputies and is being processed urgently in the Senate. If…
Peru – New online regulations to come into force
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) has finally approved the regulations of Law No. 31557 which regulates online gaming and sports betting. Head of Mincetur Juan Carlos Mathews, welcomed the news saying that the new regulations put in place “a cutting-edge standard” which would provide improved player protection measures. The new regulations will…
Chile – New bill threatens fair competition says lawyer representing online operators
Lawyer Carlos Baeza representing Betano, Betsson, Coolbet, and LatamWin has questioned the proposed regulation for online gaming now under discussion in the Economy Commission of the Chamber of Deputies . According to article 13 of the new bill, any online platforms which have been present in the market over the previous twelve months will be banned from offering their services in the Chilean…
Chile – Unregulated online gambling stands at CLP$ 17bn says head of tax office
The head of Chile’s tax office has told the Economy Commission of the Chamber of Deputies that once online gambling is regulated that licensed sites could generate around CLP$ 5bn in taxes once Chile’s new gambling law is enacted. The information was provided by the director of the Internal Revenue Service, Hernán Frigolett, who argued that…
Chile – Gaming board welcomes Supreme Court decision
The Superintendence of Gaming Casinos (SCJ) has come out in support of the Supreme Court’s decision to block access to online betting platforms. The announcement comes after Chile’s highest court accepted an appeal from state lottery operator Polla Chilena de Beneficencia . In a statement the head of the legal division of the SJC Manuel Zárate said…
Chile – Legal battle continues over online gambling
The legal case against sports betting operators is still in force, after a court in Chile rejected the definitive dismissal of proceedings. The case against online operators was put forward by casino operator Dreams along with Club Hípico and Polla Chilena de Beneficencia. Plaintiffs also include Chile’s tax office which have taken online operators to…
Bosnia & Herzegovina – NSoft casino games live on Blue Ocean platform
NSoft announced June 26 that its casino slot games were to be integrated into the Blue Ocean Gaming platform, and has confirmed today that its games are now live. Operators already integrated with Blue Ocean Gaming can immediately access NSoft’s games portfolio. One of the highlights is ‘Smash Drops’, recently shortlisted at the CasinoBeats Game…
