Argentina Market Report
PROVINCE SANTA FE Santa Fe ‘Holy Faith’ province is located in the centre east of the country and together with Cordoba and Entre Rios is part of the economic-political association known as the Centre Region. Its capital is Santa Fe and largest city is Rosario. Total population is 3.5 million. Gambling is regulated by the Provincial Social Assistance Fund under a law in 1938 and the Santa Fe lottery –
loteriasantafe.gov.ar - was born to help fund hospitals and social assistance. Illegal gambling has been an issue in this province and in the 1980s Quiniela was introduced followed by Tombola Santafesina and Quini 6 to help combat this problem and offer legal gambling solutions. Te lottery has around 2,300 agencies.
In 2004 a bidding process was undertaken for the operation
of hotel-casinos in Rosario, Santa Fe and Melincue via law no 11,998. Profits for casinos in year 2022 amounted to A$4.46bn whilst lotteries saw A$3.72bn. Te three casinos were given the green light via a decree in 2020 to offer online gambling during the pandemic after huge losses during covid. Te regulations were seen as controversial as online gambling was not covered by law. Casino Melincue was the first casino to open in the province in 2007 by Boldt Peralada group and has a hotel with 40 rooms, restaurants, sport and recreational facilities and business lounge. Te casino offers 400 slots, bingo and table games. In September 2020 alongside Casino Santa Fe it began to offer online casino games via
bplay.bet.ar. Casino Puerto Santa Fe in the capital opened in 2008 also by Boldt group and offers gym, pool, spa facilities, convention centre and casino with slots and table games and bingo hall. In November 2020 its online platform was opened via
bplay.bet.ar. Casino City Center Rosario offers the Pullman five-star hotel,
restaurants and business lounges. It opened in 2009 by Cirsa and Inverclub with 3,000 slots, bingo room, poker room and 50
150
Illegal gambling has been an issue in this province and in the 1980s Quiniela was introduced followed by Tombola Santafesina and Quini 6 to help combat this
problem and offer legal gambling solutions. Te lottery has around 2,300 agencies. In 2004, a bidding process was undertaken for the operation of hotel-casinos in Rosario, Santa Fe and Melincue via law no 11,998.
Profits for casinos in year 2022 amounted to A$4.46bn whilst lotteries saw A$3.72bn.
table games. In October 2020 online gambling was offered via its platform
citycenteronline.bet.ar. Ten, late last year, the province sanctioned Bill no. 52,665 to regulate online gambling to permit sports betting, games of chance and sports forecasts. It has been promoted by Fabian Bastia and Marcelo Gonzalez, both members of the ruling party of Governor Maximiliano Pullaro and was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in November last year. It will replace the 2020 bill which enabled online gambling under a ‘modality’ of an already existing legislation and allows the current licence holders permission to continue to operate the online casino games but only in relation to the games already authorised in physical rooms. Te new bill includes some changes such as the authorisation
of sports betting and a tax increase from 10 to 15 per cent on gross revenues of which half must go to gambling awareness campaigns. Tere is also a look at a type of compensation for agents who may lose income due to the arrival of online betting. Te authority Santa Fe Lottery Social Assistance Fund can develop its own platform or carry out a national and international tender.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164 |
Page 165 |
Page 166 |
Page 167 |
Page 168 |
Page 169 |
Page 170 |
Page 171 |
Page 172
