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Corrientes lottery chief calls for national action against illegal online gambling

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Javier Bee Sellares, head of the Corrientes Lottery and Casinos Institute, said Argentina’s central bank and Enacom should do more to disrupt illegal online gambling. He said restrictions on virtual accounts used to move funds, alongside faster blocking of reported accounts and websites, could make it harder for unlicensed operators to take bets and pay winnings.

Operators face potential disruption to payment channels if national agencies adopt the measures proposed by Corrientes’ lottery chief.

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