Misiones lottery body and UIF discuss anti-money-laundering cooperation

Misiones' provincial lottery and casino institute, IPLyC, met the new regional deputy director of the Financial Information Unit (UIF) for the Litoral region, María Elisa García de Álamo, to discuss cooperation on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. The meeting was also attended by IPLyC compliance officer Fernando Escalada and risk analyst Alejo Ratanchuk of the Office of Compliance for Money Laundering Prevention (OCPLA). According to IPLyC, the meeting allowed the two bodies to exchange experience and address the importance of joint work, particularly on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. IPLyC restated its institutional commitment to complying with current rules, strengthening prevention mechanisms and promoting good practice for transparency and accountability in gambling in Misiones.

A month before the meeting, IPLyC said it projected transferring more than ARS6.654bn in 2027 for the province's social development. IPLyC president Héctor Rojas Decut presented the figure to the Budget Committee of the Chamber of Representatives, saying the money would go to bodies and funds set up by law for social policy, health, education and other activities. Rojas Decut said the amount generated and distributed in the first half of 2026 reached ARS41.690bn. He said: "Gestionar no implica solamente lograr equilibrio financiero. También implica la capacidad de dar previsibilidad, cumplir compromisos y sostener respuestas allí donde más se necesita". IPLyC's projections came with a report acknowledging a fall in economic activity and weaker consumption that it said deeply affected the gambling sector. IPLyC described its response to that complex situation and to the contraction of other provincial funding sources. Rojas Decut called the sales network the mainstay of IPLyC's commercial model; it comprises 175 official agencies in 54 municipalities, plus a network of sub-agencies and fixed and mobile sellers.