The Executive of the City of Buenos Aires has announced the appointment of Jesús Acevedo as the new President of the Lotería de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (LOTBA). The appointment was sanctioned by Jorge Macri, the City Governor of Buenos Aires, who confirmed that Acevedo will succeed Martín García Santillán as President of LOTBA. Acevedo has previously served as …
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bet365 has laid a further marker for its ongoing South American expansion, as this week sees the official launch of its dedicated online gambling domain in Buenos Aires – www.bet365.bet.ar. The UK’s leading online bookmaker has secured dual BA licenses granted by the Provincial Institute of Lottery and Casinos (IPLyC) and city regulator Loteria de la Ciudad (LOTBA). As a …
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2021 has kicked off to strong LatAm developments, as ‘IPLyC’ – the regulatory authority of gambling for the province of Buenos Aires – concludes its year long online gambling licensing process. The publishing of BA’s executive gazette on 31 December disclosed the seven ‘business partnerships’ that have been allowed to form online gambling ventures servicing Buenos Aires province – Argentina’s …
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Following months of delay, Argentina’s new government has confirmed the appointment of Omar Galdurralde as the Director-General of the Argentine Provinces Board for Lotteries and Casinos (IPLyC). The delay in appointing the IPLyC’s new leader follows sweeping changes undertaken throughout Argentina’s federal departments, following President Alberto Fernández’s Justicialist Party taking office in December 2019. Despite Galdurralde’s appointment having been formerly reported …
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Outlining plans to launch its online gambling market in Q4 2020, legislators in Buenos Aires have given the green light for new regulations which would set the criteria for online gambling licensees. BA city gambling regulator, the Loteria de la Ciudad (LOTBA), has suggested that sports betting, slots, lottery and casino table games could be made available across the city …
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Industry player protection, safety and standards agency eCOGRA has advanced its South American profile, confirming that it has been approved as an ‘independent testing authority’ by Colombian and Argentine regulators. Updating the market, Colombian regulator Coljuegos has certified eCOGRA as an ‘independent testing platform’, which will be allowed to service player safety provisions for Colombia’s fast-growth regulated online gambling marketplace. In …
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Publishing its latest update, the Argentine Provinces Board for Lotteries and Casinos (IPLyC) – the overseeing body of Buenos Aires’ newly sanctioned online gambling framework – has disclosed a clearer picture of which enterprises will compete for its seven BA licenses. Updating stakeholders, IPLyC confirms that international operators’ BetCris and Betway have secured Argentine partnerships allowing them to bid for …
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The Argentine Provinces Board for Lotteries and Casinos (IPLyC), the organisation charged with regulating and monitoring Buenos Aires’ soon to be regulated online gambling marketplace, has published its ‘criteria for competition’ related to securing one-of-seven BA licenses. The board confirms that it has set a deadline of Tuesday 25 June 2019 for competing parties to submit official BA tenders, with IPLyC …
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