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Aposta Ganha CCO: Regulated firms could make up 80% of Brazil online gambling

Speaking during the latest episode of iGaming Business' World Series of Politics podcast, Baungartner told hosts Brendt Idan and Brendan Bussman, "We know that in the gaming world, it's never 100% regulated, but I think [the Brazilian government] can [regulate] a very good share of the market. I think they can cover 80%." Baungartner noted that the…
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Netherlands MPs vote on banning online slots

The Netherlands House of Representatives has voted to ban online gambling advertising and'high risk' online gambling like slots. The vote took place on Tuesday afternoon (April 16) and a majority vote in favor of the ban was secured. During the voting, 114 motions were submitted and decided on, 14 of which were focused on gambling and 10 were…
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Romania bans slot machines in small towns

Parliament voted in favour of Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO) 82/2023 with some amendments. This law has been in place since 6 October 2023. One of these amendments dictates that slot machines must only appear in a locality that has a population of more than 15000 people. Effectively, this bans them from sparsely populated areas. Approving…
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Gambling regulation in Brazil: local insights, steps forward and market impacts

The real-money gaming market in Brazil has always had the challenge to reconcile the complexity of socio-cultural factors with the reality of market demand. And as things stand, the nation still has imperfect gambling legislation - fragmented and incomplete, if nothing else. While land-based (and cruise-ship) casinos remain prohibited, the federal…
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Gambling regulation in Brazil: local insights, steps forward and market impacts
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Online Gambling Laws Change in Netherlands & Belgium

In the Netherlands, the Dutch Parliament has approved a mandate that calls on the European country's government to introduce tough fixed cross-operator deposit limits for the online gambling market along with a more severe regulatory crackdown. The motion to enforce'overarching playing limits' was proposed by ChristenUnie (CU) party leader and…
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Chile casinos revenue climb 9.1% to CLP513.7m in 2023

The sharp rise in gross gaming revenue (GGR) across the country's 25 venues was helped by 7.1 million people visiting casinos in Chile in 2023, a 12% increase compared to the previous year. The average expense per visit was CLP$76042, although this was a 12% decrease in the average expense per visit seen in 2022. The overall rise in GGR was despite…
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Road to ICE 2024: Slot Trumps 2023 wrap-up

In 2023, iGaming Business and EveryMatrix embarked on data-driven joint venture - the Slot Trumps Behaviour Report. Slot Trumps gives readers a look into how players engage with some of the industry's key markets. In 2023, Slot Trumps provided a detailed analysis into three markets, with three more scheduled in the series. The latest - analysing…
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Chile: Ministry of Finance presents bill to regulate online gambling platforms

The Chilean Ministry of Finance has submitted to the Senate's Economy Committee the bill that regulates online gambling platforms. The bill was approved in the first stage by the Chamber of Deputies. The presentation, made by the Undersecretary of Finance, Heidi Berner, with the support of the Superintendent of Gaming Casinos, Vivien Villagrán,…
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Uruguay: Chamber of Deputies postpones debate on online gambling bill until March 2024

Aside from the bill presented by the senator of the Uruguayan National Party Sergio Botana to regulate the activity of slot machines, Uruguay does not have any law regulating online gambling,despite the overall consensus of its necessity. Since August 2022, the Finance Committee of Deputies has been studying a bill approved by the Senate which…
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Uruguay: Chamber of Deputies postpones debate on online gambling bill until March 2024
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Brazil Debates Legalizing Land-Based Casinos

While poker has seen massive growth in Brazil over the last decade, the country's chamber of deputies is now debating whether to move forward with legalizing land-based casinos, bingo halls, and horse racing. The country also approved the launch of live and online sports betting as well as online gaming last week. The moves come as the government…
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Brazil Debates Legalizing Land-Based Casinos
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Brazil green lights online gambling regulation

Brazil's chamber of deputies has now voted to approve online gambling, giving the final green light for the market to be regulated in 2024. Yesterday evening's vote on 21 December follows the senate plenary approving Bill 3626/2023 on Tuesday 12 December last week. Now that the Bill has been approved by the chamber of deputies, it will be passed…
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Chile's Chamber of Deputies passes online gaming bill

The bill was approved by a large majority of the chamber. It aims to carve out a competitive online gaming market in the country, while protecting the health and safety of players. If passed into law, the bill would give new powers to several Chilean regulatory bodies. These include the Superintendence of Casino Games (SCJ), the Commission for the…
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Chile's Chamber of Deputies passes online gaming bill
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Brazil lower house approves gambling bill

The passage of the bill marks one of the final hurdles in the long journey to regulate online gambling in Brazil, the 10th largest economy in the world. Bill 3626/23 - which will replace the provisional measure (PM) president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued in July - was amended several times from the original bill that the rapporteur, deputy…
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Brazil lower house approves gambling bill
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Chile warns of increased online gaming scams

SCJ said that these scams are only possible due to the gaming sites being illegal in the first place. The regulator used the opportunity to warn the public about the risks consumers engage in when playing on unlicensed sites online. "It seems highly relevant to alert the public about the risks they are exposed to when carrying out online bets -…
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A general introduction to gambling law in Romania

The Romanian primary gambling legislation (Government Emergency Ordinance No. 77/2009 on the organisation and operation of games of chance, as subsequently amended and supplemented (GEO 77/2009)) provides the following definitions for gambling products: Lottery - a game of chance that depends on the random outcome of events consisting of the…
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LatAm becomes most exciting market for gambling

Multiple territories are in the process of liberalising, complementing recent province-by-province launches in Argentina. Understandably, there are multiple operators and suppliers positioning themselves to take advantage. International operators are striking partnerships or snapping up established native brands in preparation. For this push, local…
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Uruguay Casino Workers Strike Over Online Gambling Plans

Dissension in Uruguay over new gambling legislation is increasing as brick-and-mortar gaming employees went on strike in protest of online expansion. The National Federation of Gambling Workers (Fenaju) released a statement that noted "concern about the impact the current online gambling project" that is making its way through parliament "will have…
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Brazil Elections Likely to Cause Delay in Gambling Launch

The once-imminent future of Brazil's gambling and sports betting markets is now on the back burner as the country deals with its October elections. chose to set them aside until October had passed Legislative committees in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate reached an agreement earlier this year, seemingly ending debates that began in 2018. Two…
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Brazil Elections Likely to Cause Delay in Gambling Launch
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Project that legalizes gambling in Brazil awaits consideration in the Senate

The Senate will be able to vote on the bill that legalizes gambling in Brazil, including casinos, bingos, Jogo do Bicho and sports betting (PL 442/1991). The suggestion came from party leaders who met with the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, in search of solutions to enable the payment of the national nursing floor. Authored by Renato…
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Project that legalizes gambling in Brazil awaits consideration in the Senate
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Uruguay's Senate approves bill to regulate online gambling

Last Thursday, the Senate's Treasury Committee approved the bill presented months ago by the Executive Branch to enable the State and the casinos located in Uruguay to operate online gambling. This initiative had been defined as a "priority" by the senators of the National Party, since (among other things) the demand for online gambling has grown…
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Uruguay's Senate approves bill to regulate online gambling
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What is the position of presidential candidates on the legalization of gambling in Brazil

The project that provides for the legalization of gambling in Brazil was approved in the Chamber of Deputies in February. Now, the agenda is moving through the Senate. The text would allow the operation of casinos, bingos, animal games, slot machines, among other modalities in the country. According to the bill (PL), casinos will need to be…
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What is the position of presidential candidates on the legalization of gambling in Brazil
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Paraguay slot bill passes banning games in unsanctioned facilities

Mario Abdo Benítez, the President of Paraguay, recently signed Law 6903, restricting slot machine gaming outside of gambling halls. Along with this restriction, the contract the country's regulator Conajzar has with iCrop is now void. iCrop was the slot manager of Paraguay. Why the Slot Game Restrictions? With the new law, officials hope to prevent…
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Paraguay slot bill passes banning games in unsanctioned facilities
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Congress of Chile urged to impose advertising ban ahead of gambling resolutions

The National Congress of Chile has been notified that Coquimbo region representative Marco Antonio Sulantay will present a bill seeking to impose an outright'betting advertising ban of sports events and teams'. Yet to be submitted to the Lower House, the bill drafted by the Coquimbo deputy seeks to prohibit Chiliean media and sports clubs, (in…
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Congress of Chile urged to impose advertising ban ahead of gambling resolutions
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Brazil's Senate proposes tax bill despite no settlement on gambling laws

Brazil's Senate Commission of Economic Affairs has approved a tax proposal on online games, despite a lack of clarity as to how the government will implement its federal gambling laws. President of the Chamber of Senators Rodrigo Pacheco hinted that "whilst the debate won't happen anytime soon", interested parties should have information with…
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Brazil's Senate proposes tax bill despite no settlement on gambling laws
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Brazilian Deputies to vote on wide-reaching gambling legalisation bill today

The bill - Bill 442/1191 - has been in the works for decades, having first been introduced more than 30 years ago and amended a number of times over the years to legalise a wider range of verticals such as online gaming. It would allow for the establishment of casinos as part of integrated resorts in each of Brazil's 26 states. São Paulo could have…
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Brazilian Deputies to vote on wide-reaching gambling legalisation bill today
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Gambling legalization in Brazil faces strong resistance from the evangelical bench

After obtaining urgent approval at the end of 2021, the bill that legalizes gambling in Brazil may be reviewed shortly in the Chamber of Deputies after parliamentary recess concludes. The proposal is long-standing, since it was presented three decades ago by former deputy Renato Vianna (MDB-SC), and has always faced resistance from the evangelical…
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Gambling legalization in Brazil faces strong resistance from the evangelical bench
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Brazil's first Gambling Law draft legalizes the operation of casinos, bingo halls and “jogo do bicho”

Last Wednesday, Deputy Felipe Carreras's project, which advances on the revision of PL 442/91, was announced in Brazil. The text presents some inaccuracies in relation to the modalities to be approved, and the form of exploitation of games of chance, but it authorizes the operation of casinos, bingo halls, sports betting, online gambling, and skill…
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Brazil's first Gambling Law draft legalizes the operation of casinos, bingo halls and “jogo do bicho”
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Chilean gaming bill bans use of slot machines outside casinos

The bill was passed unanimously with 29 votes in favour, and it now advances to the Chamber of Deputies. The bill defines a slot machine as any electronic system capable of receiving bets, which grants the user a time of use, and grants prize money through a randomly generated algorithm. Due to slot machines being "games of chance", they are banned…
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Chilean gaming bill bans use of slot machines outside casinos
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Online Gambling Tax In Argentina Gains Approval

The 2021 Budget, which raises taxes on online gaming from 2 percent to 5 percent, was approved by the Argentine Chamber of Deputies after a recent overnight discussion session. Now, the budget is pending full Senate approval. Although Juntos por el Cambio, the largest opposition party, did not vote, the government, with the help of the Interbloque…
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