San Juan, Argentina passes bill to regulate online gambling

Online gambling has now been legalised in the province. 

San Juan, Argentina passes bill to regulate online gambling

Key points: 

– Passing of bill aims to deal with a number of issues such as eradicating illegal gambling 

– Legislation covers a variety of online gambling types 

The province of San Juan in Argentina has passed a bill to regulate online gambling in the region. 

The main purposes of the regulation for online gambling are to deal with a number of issues, for example combatting illegal gambling, promoting responsible gambling, fighting fraud, protecting those under the age of 18 and preventing gambling addiction. 

The legislation itself covers a wide range of online gambling in many different forms, such as draws, raffles, bets and it also applies no matter the means by which the outcome occurs, whether that is luck, skill or even both. 

Good to know: Online gambling got underway in the city of Buenos Aires, as well as the province of Buenos Aires in December 2021 

Within the release from the Chamber of Deputies of San Juan, it also notes that it considers illegal gambling to be online gambling which is carried out by those who do not have the authorisation to carry out online gambling and intend to do so, or those who have licenses but don’t have the appropriate authorisation for a particular game or do not comply with the laws of the licence itself. 

In other news from Latin America, Regis Dudena, Secretary of Prizes and Bets at the Ministry of Finance (SPA) has confirmed that Brazil has begun finalising the first 71 online gambling applications ahead of the launch of the regulated market next month.

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