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El Salvador - Lawmakers sign lottery deal The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has approved an agreement with the Canadian government to launch a new lottery. Lawmakers voted with 64 votes in favour, four against and 11 abstentions for the electronic lottery draw game, which will be added to the already existing portfolio from the National Charity Lottery (LNB).


The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) will be in charge of both the implementation and the operation of the new service. Ana Figueroa, deputy and president of the Foreign Relations Committee, said that this agreement would allow El Salvador to strengthen its diplomatic ties “and expand “in the world of technology.


Of the total income, 10 per cent will go to the municipalities to carry out works that benefit the population. Another 10 per cent will be given to lottery vendors and distributed to strengthen other government institutions, while the remaining amount will be used for public health, education and social assistance projects. Although the Canadian entity will be in charge of implementing and operating the product, no details have been shared regarding how much of the profits it will take as part of the arrangement.


Raúl Chamagua, a deputy from El Salvador, stated that the Foreign Relations Commission aimed to ratify this type of agreement, since it would provide a benefit to the people overall and would help modernise the lottery as well.


The CCC is mandated by the government to facilitate international trade on behalf of Canadian industry, particularly with governments of foreign countries. CCC supports the growth of international trade by helping Canadian exporters gain access to foreign government procurement markets. The announcement could herald further changes which may expand the scope of the LNB. In December 2021, El Salvador’s Ministry of Finance presented a new law to the Legislative Assembly that would give the LNB the right to both oversee and run sports betting and online casino games nationwide.


Uruguay - Astropay appoints AstroPay has appointed Sofía Lanza as Chief Banking Officer, as the company moves forward with its expansion plans into new markets and verticals.


Sofía, who previously served as Chief Corporate Development at AstroPay, will be responsible for developing and managing AstroPay’s relationships with global banking and payment service providers, working closely with them in partnership to ensure better engagement and innovative solutions that meet their needs and business goals.


Mikael Lijtenstein, AstroPay CEO, commented: “Sofía is the perfect professional to assume this new position as she has a deep knowledge of the company’s expansion strategy to become the number one payments provider globally.”


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Chile’s Online Gambling Bill Delayed


Ministry says it needs more time so that it could present its own improvements to the bill and cover the issue within the scope of tax reform and other initiatives.


Te Economy Commission in the Chamber of Deputies has delayed discussions over online gambling legislation after it received a request from the executive branch.


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Te Economy Commission in the Chamber of Deputies has delayed discussions over online gambling legislation after it received a request from the executive branch. Te request was made by Representatives of the Ministry of Finance headed by Minister Mario Marcel who asked the parliamentary working group to delay the debate on the bill for thirty days.


Te Ministry said it needed more time so that it could present its own improvements to the bill and cover the issue within the scope of tax reform and other government initiatives.


In July, President of the Chamber’s Economy Commission Daniel Manouchehri announced that online gambling legislation would be discussed in the Chamber of Deputies early in August. Lawmakers could either consider an online gambling bill put forward under the previous administration of Sebastián Piñera or could look at any new bill handed down by the new executive branch.


Due to the increasing presence of online gambling and sports betting in football lawmakers have recognised that it is time to deal with the issue especially now as the Gaming Board (SJC) has also stated that online gambling is illegal except under special conditions. During the session, the Undersecretary of


Brazil Brazil’s senate delays gambling bill


Te President of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, has criticised senators for their failure to address gambling laws. Te regulation of gambling is still pending debate in the Senate after Bill 442/1991 was passed by the House of Deputies in February.


Te bill replaces and is in part an amalgamation of as many as 20 other gambling related projects all of which have been discussed since 1991. Te bill allows for casinos, bingo halls, the so called “Jogo do Bicho” or “Animal Game” and online gaming. Under the latest proposals now gaining ground, gambling could be a means to raise salaries for nurses and other healthcare professionals.


Deputy Carmen Zanotto also


weighed in on the issue saying that debate over the new nursing minimum wage and the effect it would have on the budget had been put off.


“Te Federal Senate should have discussed the impact of the nursing minimum wage on the budget, and should have discussed its financing sources, but unfortunately the agreements made with the Senate to advance, at least in the regulation of gambling, were postponed three times. Lira reported that a concentrated effort would be made in August, shortly after the end of the parliamentary recess, to vote on urgent proposals and provisional measures of interest to the federal government. Lira added that the Chamber of Deputies had approved a number


Finance, Claudia Sanhueza, agreed arguing that delaying the initiative would allow the Executive “to study and present the necessary adjustments to address the challenges diagnosed together with all the incumbent institutions, in addition to incorporating other proposals that arise in the matter, such as, for example, the regulation of advertising.” At the same time the official indicated that the major tax reform that the government is seeking to get approved “presents progress on issues related to the project such as the wider debate regarding the regional income law in relation to the destination of government resources.” Sanhueza added said that a broader executive led approach would lead to tighter restrictions against offshore operators.


After unanimously admitting the request from the Ministry of Finance, the President of the Economy Commission, Deputy Daniel Manouchehri, highlighted the importance of “introducing relevant issues such as taxes for the communes and regions with casinos.”


Major changes are underway now that President Gabriel Boric, a 36-year-old leftist former student protest leader is in power. His presidency is set to herald in the most dramatic economic changes in years as he seeks to raise taxes on the rich and the mining industry.


of issues, but the senate had not yet assessed them citing as an example PL 442/91, which according to Lira has been “sleeping in the Senate for several months.”


In July, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved by 425 votes to 7a Constitutional Amendment Proposal for a new nursing minimum wage. Te rapporteur of the proposal (PEC 11/22), Deputy Carmen Zanotto, said that the salary increase could be funded by the legalisation of gambling.


Legalising gambling as a means to raise money for nurses and other heath professionals has been gaining support. In June, the president of the Senate Rodrigo Pacheco said that gambling regulation could be used to pay for the newly imposed increases. Tese sentiments were echoed by the newly appointed rapporteur in the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre.


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