One of the most touristic cities in Argentina, Bariloche, could see its gaming market limited, since the Municipal Council will soon be able to debate a recently presented project to prohibit casinos and in-person gaming rooms.
The draft ordinance was presented days ago by councilors Leandro Costa Brutten and Julieta Wallace, who hope that the proposal will open debates on problems with gambling, the participation of minors in entertainment offers, among other axes.
“Casinos are prohibited throughout the fabric of the city of Bariloche,” reads the first article of the project, which “aims to reconfigure the facilities for the gaming halls category, which to date have no geographical restrictions,” as reported in Rionegro.
Given the current panorama, the councilors addressed the challenges that the new regulation would face, since the Argentine company Casino Club has a license from the provincial regulator, the Río Negro Lottery, to operate casinos until 2040.
Under this agreement, the government demands from the company a fee set by the province of a payment of 4.2 million dollars and destined for the construction of the new terminal in this city. The proposal is in line with several regulatory projects presented in the Argentine provinces and at the national level, to stop the exponential growth that the gaming industry is seeing in the country.
