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Tere will be four phases of execution: the first by the end of April, the second by the end of May, the third by the end of June, and the fourth by the end of July.
BRAZIL LEGISLATION Brazil Establishes Regulatory Timeframe
Brazil's gaming board has outlined the steps it will take to establish the framework for regulating online gambling.
Dominican Republic - Licences up for grabs 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 licences will cost RD$20m while sports betting licences will cost RD$15m and for gambling games falling outside either category which are categorised as “other games” the licence fee will stand at RD$10m. Each licence will have a validity of five years and can be renewed. In the case of foreign commercial companies, they will have to register with the National Taxpayer Registry of the General Directorate of Internal Taxes.
Applicants must be certified by an authorised audit firm and register with the Superintendence of Banks of the Dominican Republic and use a specific website with a “.do” domain name. Online systems must also be connected to the National Casino and Gaming Board of the Ministry of Finance, in a way that allows monitoring of gaming activity at any time and in real time. In order to operate the operator must put in place player protection measures and submit to the gaming board, a responsible gaming programme, describing minimum measures to be implemented.
Brazil - Senate match fixing inquiry begins The Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) on Sports Betting (CPiae) has been established. Senator Romário was chosen as the rapporteur. The presidency and vice-presidency were taken by Senators Jorge Kajuru and Eduardo Girão respectively.
At the first meeting, the members made it clear that the objective of the commission is to “get to the bottom of things . . .” referring to allegations of match-fixing and sports betting. Romário who authored the motion which provided the impetus for the CPI said: “We are aware of the problems our football has faced over the years. Here are people who truly want to get to the bottom of things, they want to open the black boxes [secrets] of these sports betting houses in our country, understand better what kind of manipulation has been happening, and who are the authors and actors of these manipulations.”
The allegations to be investigated by the CPI involve players, officials, and betting companies. Kajuru stated that the CPI should start its work this week and that the intention is to invite as the first witness the owner of Botafogo’s Football Business Corporation (SAF), John Textor. “Textor, the owner of Botafogo, whom all of Brazil is waiting for, will be our first invitee. Brazil wants to know the evidence he has, the recordings he has, it would really be the explosive start of this CPI.”
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Te recently established gaming board Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas no Ministério da Fazenda (SPA) has published an ordinance outlining the steps it will take over the coming months in order to establish the framework for regulating online gambling.Te agenda is divided into four phases of execution: the first phase until the end of April, the second until the end of May, the third until the end of June, and the fourth and final phase, scheduled to be completed by the end of July 2024.
Phase One covers an aspect of the industry which has already been put in place, namely the ordinance covering the authorisation of laboratory certification. Phase One also includes establishing the general rules to be observed over payment methods, technical requirements, and security of betting systems used by operators for the exploitation of sports betting, and the rules, conditions, and opening of the procedure for requesting authorisation for the commercial exploitation of fixed odds betting throughout the national territory.
Phase Two covers regulations over the prevention of money laundering and other crimes as well as compliance and the requirements and procedures for the qualification of live game studios and online games that may be made available to bettors.
Phase Tree will include the publication of three other ordinances: technical requirements and security of online games that may be made available to bettors by authorised agents, monitoring and supervision rules of the activity, and the ordinance addressing sanctioning action, detailing the procedure for the application of administrative sanctions.
In Phase Four, two ordinances will be published. Te first refers to responsible gaming, establishing guidelines and practices to monitor and prevent pathological gambling. Te second details the procedures for the realisation of social destinations, ensuring that contributions from the betting industry benefit society in a systematic and transparent manner.
Paraguay Deadline agreed for gambling law review
Te Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies has set a new deadline of 90 days to address the debate on the restructuring of the gambling industry. Lawmakers want to make changes to Paraguay’s gambling law (Law No. 1016/1997) in order to eliminate the current monopoly of licences for quiniela and sports betting.
Lawmakers in favour of the bill have expressed their concerns that the new deadline is a delaying tactic designed to keep the current monopoly in place. Adrián Vaesken, one of the deputies who promoted the project, requested to postpone it for only 15 days, as a new concession could be defined before that time, but he lost in the vote and told local newspaper ABC that there was a need to modify the articles quickly.
“Ninety days is too much, because the lottery concession will be granted before that and the concession is granted for five years; and the spirit of this law will
not be fulfilled for this period if it is not addressed as soon as possible,” he said.
However, fellow lawmaker Yamil Esgaib argued that the postponement for 90 days is because they are waiting for “another more polished project from the Executive branch.
“I’m practically 100 per cent with Vaesken, but unfortunately it is impossible to approve it as it is. (…) but when this law was drafted in ’97; when (Juan Carlos) Wasmosy was president, this law was made and various gambling modalities that are now visible were not foreseen: sports betting, online casinos were not there and poker was declared a sport,” he said.
Esgaib explained that other political aspects must also be taken into account, as “there is a very important issue in this law that is not considered, where it practically takes power away from municipalities.”
Argentina
Momentum is growing in the province of Córdoba to effectively put an end to legalised online gambling due to growing fears over gambling addiction. Trough a statement, the Evangelical Church expressed its support for a bill that would limit online gambling and rescind licenses already granted by the government.
Pastors from the province issued an official statement supporting the project presented by the legislative bloc of Encuentro Vecinal. In March, right wing conservative party Encuentro Vecinal Córdoba announced that it would propose two bills that would limit the “actions of online gambling that are exploited.”
In a statement, the party clarified that they are looking to prohibit the granting of new online gambling licenses, prohibit the creation of new modalities of gambling and create a commission of experts to evaluate the termination of existing contracts regulated by Law 10.793.
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