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Paraguaj – Herná rada vyhlási tender na pozemné a online športové stávkovanie

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. 

Športové stávkovanie je povolené podľa paraguajských zákonov o hrách, ktoré siahajú do roku 1997. Športové stávkovanie bývalo obmedzené na jedno miesto pripojené k dostihovej dráhe. Expanzia začala v roku 2015 po tom, čo CONAJZAR oznámil, že v blízkej budúcnosti bude vyhlásený tender na športové stávkovanie, keď sa predstavenstvo začalo zaoberať otvorením trhu. Odvtedy sa športové stávkovanie v Paraguaji osvedčilo mimoriadne kontroverzný.

Miestna spoločnosť Daruma Sam získala exkluzívne právo ponúkať športové stávky pred poslednými Majstrovstvá sveta vo futbale 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.