INSIGHT LATIN AMERICA FOCUS
In October 2020, the government of Mendoza
Te growth of online sports betting in Buenos Aires, plus increasing visibility of sports betting sponsorship of top clubs based in Buenos Aires, will in all likelihood see an expansion of online sports betting going forwards.
BRAZIL
Particularly hard hit by of COVID-19, the government has had to postpone the drafting of its sports betting rules but there is growing speculation that they could be permitted by the beginning of this year’s FIFA World Cup. Either way, it has been a long and extremely complex process as the industry has been waiting fr almost three years for regulation.
Sports Betting Bill 846/2018
In December 2018, President Michel Temer signed Bill 846/2018 into law to regulate land- based and interactive sportsbetting. Te Ministry of Finance was granted two years to establish a regulatory framework to govern the market and provide for licences. In February 2020, Brazil’s Secretariat of Evaluation, Planning, Energy and Lottery (SECAP) launched a third consultation on fixed-odds sports betting, calling for public comments. In November last year, the head of SECAP Gustavo Guimarães stated that SECAP was working on several different fronts in order to ensure that the privatization of sports betting went ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. But this is not the only way that sports betting could be given the green light.
Via State Governments
Local state governments are now rolling out online and land-based sports betting, which are bizarrely categorised as “sports lotteries’ under Brazil’s latest sports betting laws. In September 2020, the Supreme Court of Brazil (STF) ruled that the federal government's lottery monopoly was unconstitutional, paving the way for states to develop state lotteries for each of Brazil's 26 states and one federal district as long as they complied with federal regulations.
Te decision means that current operators can extend their offerings while states can begin to roll out their own lottery products within their own state borders.
Many states have issued requests for proposal (RFP) to identify qualified firms that would meet the essential requirements to develop and offer sports betting. Tis includes the State of Rio de Janeiro (although the tender suspended for now). Other states such as Rio Grande do Sul and Maranhão have launched preliminary studies and public consultations into launching sports betting. Similar moves are underway in the state of Amazonas and in July the state of São Paulo announced the call for applications for sports betting.
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approved online gambling bill. Seven licenses will be allowed. The bidders must be located in the province and unlicensed operators will be blocked through requests to the
National Communications Agency (Ena. com). Online gambling is already also
permitted in the provinces of Santa Fe, Corrientes, Chaco, Misiones, San Luis, Tucumán, Entre Ríos, La Pampa,
Neuquén, Río Negro and Santa Cruz. However most offer only a limited offer of online casino games and sportsbetting is often excluded from regulations. Argentina
Local state governments are now rolling out online and land-based sports betting, which are bizarrely categorised as “sports lotteries’ under
Brazil’s latest sports betting laws. In September 2020, the Supreme Court of Brazil (STF) ruled that the federal government's lottery monopoly was
unconstitutional, paving the
way for states to develop state lotteries for each of Brazil's 26 states and one federal district as long as they complied with federal regulations. Brazil
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