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Buenos Aires lottery calls bids to modernise seven casinos

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Buenos Aires Provincial Lottery and Casino Institute called for bids to modernise seven casinos in the province, with tenders due for review at midday on 8 July at its La Plata headquarters. Successful bidders would be offered 20-year operating agreements with an optional one-year extension; the Necochea casino’s process may be affected by the city’s separate pursuit of a sale.

The tender could determine operators and long-term investment plans for seven provincial casinos.

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IPLyC Buenos Aires chief proposes debate on sports figures in betting adverts

Gonzalo Atanasof, president of the Buenos Aires Provincial Lottery and Casinos Institute, called for debate on sports figures’ role in betting advertising and possible broadcast time bands. He argued that fully prohibiting advertising by authorised platforms could encourage illegal gambling promotion, and said the province had filed more than 80 judicial complaints over promotion of unauthorised sites.

Gonzalo Atanasof, president of the Buenos Aires Provincial Lottery and Casinos Institute (IPLyC), has called for a debate on the role of sports figures in betting advertising and on possible time bands for broadcasts, the institute said. Atanasof said the question was whether sports figures whom children idolise should front betting platforms, and whether time bands should apply to such messages. He described the intervention as an invitation to debate rather than a fixed proposal, covering both who appears in adverts and when they are shown.

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