Legislazione

Paraguay – Il consiglio di gioco lancerà una gara per le scommesse sportive terrestri e online

The National Gaming Commission (Conajzar) has opened the call for Public Tender No. 01/2022, which will grant a license for sports betting.

In a statement Conajzar announced that the tender will take place from September 13 to September 19, 2022. Potential operators will need to pay a fee of 60,000,000 guaraníes in order to take part in the bidding process which is non refundable. Only one operator will be granted a licence.    

The formal opening of bids will take place at the Conajzar Offices on October 31. 

Le scommesse sportive sono consentite dalle leggi sul gioco del Paraguay che risalgono al 1997. Le scommesse sportive erano limitate a un unico luogo collegato a una pista. L’espansione è iniziata nel 2015 dopo che CONAJZAR ha annunciato che una gara d’appalto per le scommesse sportive sarebbe stata lanciata nel prossimo futuro mentre il consiglio iniziava a considerare l’apertura del mercato. Da allora le scommesse sportive in Paraguay hanno dimostrato estremamente controverso.

Alla società locale Daruma Sam è stato concesso il diritto esclusivo di offrire scommesse sportive prima dell'ultima FIFA World Cup for five years. Under the terms of the contract Daruma Sam had the obligation to open as many as 200 sports betting shops throughout Paraguay. In February 2018, the Comptroller General of the Republic of Paraguay (CGR) recommended that the bidding process for sports betting be declared void.

Three complaints were put forward alleging that the bidding process had been prepared with the intention of favouring one of the participants over the others. Accusations alleged that the tender had been stacked in favour of Daruma Sam SA which has ties to local government officials as well as members of the gaming board itself, according to local news sources. The CGR had also argued that the tender was monopolistic in design and was therefore incompatible with the constitution.