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Costa Rica lawmakers revive bill to strengthen gambling oversight

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Costa Rican lawmakers have revived legislative file 25.600, a proposal to strengthen and modernise the Junta de Protección Social. The bill would add real-time monitoring, software audits and broader supervision of digital betting; illegal operators are estimated to control 53% of the market and account for about US$300 million in annual economic losses.

The proposal could introduce new monitoring and supervision requirements for digital betting operators in Costa Rica.

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