for the rise of illegal gaming. Mr. Chá said that it was ‘imperative’ that
parliament make decisions regarding what games should be permitted in Uruguay and that it should draft a clear legal framework which would make what is legal or illegal gaming absolutely clear as well as the types of sanctions that should be applied.
FORECAST New laws are clearly needed in Uruguay to
regulate online gaming. Despite the urgent need for reform it could take some time before the government decides to act on the issue. However, recent developments would indicate that if the government does regulate the online market then it will do so in order to strengthen the state monopoly that it already has over gaming. In March 2014 the Uruguayan government
sent a draft law to parliament which would create a new gaming control board. Te project aims to provide a comprehensive framework which would see a major restructure when it comes to the way gaming is controlled by the state. According to the draft of the new law, the
New laws are clearly needed in Uruguay to regulate online gaming. Despite the urgent need for reform it could take some time before the government decides to act on the issue.
government seeks to create a new governing body called the National Management of State Gambling and Casinos (Administración Nacional de Casinos y Juegos de Apuestas del Estado) which would exercise state control over all types of gambling. It is the first time that online gambling in Uruguay is mentioned in government law. While this bill does not directly regulate the conditions under which it will offer online gambling in Uruguay, it is the first step as the government seeks to become the only authorised provider of online betting. Crucially, it would give the state control over gambling and give the state the monopoly over interactive and phone betting.
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Uruguay’s migration is part of a government strategy aimed at upgrading high speed Internet connectivity and adoption. Antel is now boosting its mobile ultra-broadband capacity in congested and difficult-to- reach areas via an agreement with French global telecommunications equipment company, Alcatel-Lucent. Fixed-broadband in Uruguay now stands at around 20 per cent while while mobile telephony stands at 160 per cent. According to the most recent estimates, 60 per cent of internet users access the internet via mobile devices in Uruguay while 47 per cent of all mobile phones in Uruguay are Smartphones. 62 percent of homes in Uruguay are connected to the internet and 25 per cent of homes are now connected to broadband.
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