Santa Cruz’s Lotería para Obras de Acción Social said it signed a cooperation agreement with the provincial education council to advise school support groups on organising bingo events. The agencies’ responsible-gambling and social-responsibility teams will help oversee the activities.
The agreement gives school groups access to lottery advice and oversight for bingo fundraising activities.
The day’s most important stories, free. One email a day.
Lotería de Córdoba signed a cooperation agreement with Colegio Israelita General San Martín in Argentina to address responsible gambling, illegal betting and child online safety. The school will use LUCA to block unauthorised betting domains on its network and NoVa+ to help families manage students’ devices; the partners also plan educational activities.
Bolivia's Autoridad de Fiscalización del Juego (AJ) intervened a premises in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and seized two slot machines operating without authorisation. The regulator warned that unauthorised machines lack state supervision and urged the public to check that establishments hold official licences.
Bolivia's Autoridad de Fiscalización del Juego (AJ) intervened a premises in Santa Cruz de la Sierra where slot machines were operating without the corresponding authorisations, the regulator said. Two machines were seized during the operation, according to the AJ.
Bolivia's AJ raided an unlicensed gambling venue in Santa Cruz. Authorities seized 41 gambling items, comprising 37 machines and four poker tables, alongside chips and cards. The AJ identified two people responsible for the premises who must answer under applicable rules.
Ontario’s AGCO lottery standards prohibit selling tickets to people under 18 or to specified groups, including people who appear intoxicated. The rules also restrict who may play or win prizes and require operators and sellers to monitor and prevent prohibited betting activities.
France's competition authority has approved Banijay's planned acquisition of casino operator Joa without conditions. The review, the authority's first of a gambling transaction spanning online and land-based operations, focused mainly on poker and concluded that the deal was unlikely to restrict competition. The authority said its assessment did not account for possible future legalisation of online casino games.