The Buenos Aires City Lottery (LOTBA) signed an agreement with city authorities to prevent people registered for unpaid food-support obligations from collecting lottery prizes. The restriction will apply until the judge who ordered registration authorises payment, LOTBA president Jesús Acevedo said.
The agreement makes a court authorisation a condition for LOTBA prize payments to registered food-support debtors.
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Buenos Aires province’s Institute of Lottery and Casinos formalised rules requiring interoperable QR payments for betting at official agencies, racecourses and gambling halls. The regulation allows payments through QR systems linked to bank accounts or debit cards and sets out electronic-payment requirements for in-person gambling.
The Buenos Aires Provincial Institute of Lotteries and Casinos has issued a resolution allowing horse-racing agencies in the province to register bettors for licensed online gambling, according to the resolution. Agencies may provide a dedicated registration area, capped at 40% of each premises’ floor space, and the institute will set uniform branding and advertising rules. The decision followed a request from the Argentine Chamber of Turf Agencies.
Buenos Aires province’s Institute of Lottery and Casinos has required licensed online gambling companies to introduce biometric identity checks, according to the report. The systems must use biometric data, liveness checks and facial recognition at registration and at other times set by regulation. Licensees have 60 days to implement the system, with extensions possible by a reasoned decision from the regulator.
Buenos Aires' Provincial Lottery and Casinos Institute formally declared the Necochea casino tender for modernising and operating its slot machines unsuccessful, according to the report. The original tender covered a 20-year operating period and received no bids for Necochea; no date has been announced for a new call. Fernando Hansen of AMS Casinos said workers expect the process to proceed.
Buenos Aires’ provincial lottery institute awarded a 20-year operating permit for Casino Anexo I at Hotel Sasso in Mar del Plata to a joint venture between UTHGRA and Yukon Technology, according to its resolution. The successful bidder will receive 61% of monthly machine operating revenue; the tender was declared void for casinos in Necochea, Mar de Ajó and Sierra de la Ventana.