Argentina: Latin America Focus


Moves to shut down illegal sites have extended throughout Argentina. In October 2024 the Justice department of the province of Santa Fe ordered a series of raids after authorities announced that a public limited company was the umbrella of an organization involved in clandestine betting systems that was used by as many as 35,000 minors in the province. In the same year lotteries and legal betting sites launched a campaign and reported more than 250 illegal sites that allowed minors to gamble.


audits are being conducted to ensure responsible gambling standards are met. In addition, through the Association of State Lotteries (ALEA), agreements have been signed with various organisations including ENACOM the National Communications Agency of Argentina, Mercado Libre the largest e-commerce and online marketplace platform in Latin America and payment network Rapipago in order to eliminate and block content promoting illegal gambling.


ONLINE GAMBLING FEARS IN THE PROVINCES Moves are also afoot in a number of provinces to either restrict online gambling or ban it altogether. Online gambling only went live in January 2024 in the province of Córdoba but by the end of September the Córdoba Legislature had rejected two bills proposing to repeal the law including a bill put forward by provincial political party Te Civic Front. Te Civic Front, which has compared online gambling to a “silent virus,” has promised to renew its efforts to ban online gambling and has already presented a new bill that seeks to repeal the law later this year. Illegal gambling sites have made the issue more pressing


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still. In June 2024 Gabriela Lizana, a lawmaker from the Frente Renovador Mendoza Party, requested that the provincial executive branch urgently intervene with responsible gambling organisations and allocate the necessary resources to effectively control and proceed with the closure of unauthorised online gambling platforms. In July combined efforts were underway by Lotería Chaqueña and Lotería de Corrientes to combat illegal gambling, especially focusing on preventing access to minors. Tis included a request to shut down more than 400 unauthorised betting platforms. Moves to shut down illegal sites have extended


throughout Argentina. In October 2024 the Justice department of the province of Santa Fe ordered a series of raids after authorities announced that a public limited company was the umbrella of an organisation involved in clandestine betting systems that was used by as many as 35,000 minors in the province. In the same year lotteries and legal betting sites launched a campaign and reported more than 250 illegal sites that allowed minors to gamble. Te Asociación de Loterías Estatales Argentinas (ALEA) and


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