{"id":15308,"date":"2026-02-25T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=gambling&#038;p=15308"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:34:21","slug":"neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers","status":"publish","type":"gambling","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neuqu\u00e9n Governor <strong>Rolando Figueroa<\/strong> has signed <strong>Decree 37\/26<\/strong>, updating the legal framework of the <strong>Instituto Provincial de Juegos de Azar del Neuqu\u00e9n (IJAN)<\/strong> and making its authority over <strong>online gambling and internet-based betting<\/strong> explicit. Local reporting says the measure was published in the provincial <strong>Official Gazette<\/strong> and amends the regulatory decree tied to <strong>Law 2751<\/strong>, which created the IJAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stated rationale is to \u201cupdate\u201d rules in response to \u201csubstantial transformations\u201d in the technological and commercial environment of gambling, and to equip the regulator with \u201cprecise and explicit\u201d tools to exercise police powers across all modalities\u2014including those carried out through <strong>digital platforms, online betting, and emerging technologies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/mve-ads\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/mundo-video-ads-to-attend-g2e-las-vegas-2025-to-strengthen-partnerships-and-boost-brand-visibility-in-the-gaming-industry3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/mundo-video-ads-to-attend-g2e-las-vegas-2025-to-strengthen-partnerships-and-boost-brand-visibility-in-the-gaming-industry3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/mundo-video-ads-to-attend-g2e-las-vegas-2025-to-strengthen-partnerships-and-boost-brand-visibility-in-the-gaming-industry3-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/mundo-video-ads-to-attend-g2e-las-vegas-2025-to-strengthen-partnerships-and-boost-brand-visibility-in-the-gaming-industry3-768x442.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practical terms, the new wording confirms the IJAN is empowered to <strong>authorize, regulate, organize, administer, exploit, audit, and control<\/strong> gambling activities, explicitly covering <strong>online gambling in all its forms<\/strong>, <strong>sports betting (retail and online)<\/strong>, and \u201cany platform, digital system or technological support\u201d used to capture or process wagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers2-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decree also reinforces the regulator\u2019s toolkit: it can issue <strong>technical, operational, fiscal and control rules<\/strong>, approve specific regulations for different formats, and apply enforcement powers over these modalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IJAN sources told local media that the province was already exercising oversight in practice, but that Decree 37\/26 formalizes and clarifies that authority. The agency also noted that existing concessions may operate digitally, and that in Neuqu\u00e9n\u2019s capital there are <strong>two online platforms<\/strong> linked to a casino in the city\u2019s west, with additional sites operating elsewhere in the province with less visibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neuqu\u00e9n Governor Rolando Figueroa has signed Decree 37\/26, updating the legal framework of the Instituto Provincial de Juegos de Azar del Neuqu\u00e9n (IJAN) and making its authority over online gambling and internet-based betting explicit. Local reporting says the measure was published in the provincial Official Gazette and amends the regulatory decree tied to Law 2751, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15311,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4379,57,4999,585,354],"class_list":["post-15308","gambling","type-gambling","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-argentina","tag-casinos","tag-neuquen","tag-online-gambling","tag-responsible-gambling","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Neuqu\u00e9n Governor Rolando Figueroa has signed Decree 37\/26, updating the legal framework of the Instituto Provincial de Juegos de Azar del Neuqu\u00e9n (IJAN) and making its authority over online gambling and internet-based betting explicit. Local reporting says the measure was published in the provincial Official Gazette and amends the regulatory decree tied to Law 2751, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"992\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"661\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/\",\"name\":\"Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-25T13:30:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers.png\",\"width\":992,\"height\":661},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gambling News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\",\"description\":\"Gambling news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","og_description":"Neuqu\u00e9n Governor Rolando Figueroa has signed Decree 37\/26, updating the legal framework of the Instituto Provincial de Juegos de Azar del Neuqu\u00e9n (IJAN) and making its authority over online gambling and internet-based betting explicit. Local reporting says the measure was published in the provincial Official Gazette and amends the regulatory decree tied to Law 2751, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/","og_site_name":"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","og_image":[{"width":992,"height":661,"url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/","name":"Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers.png","datePublished":"2026-02-25T13:30:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers.png","width":992,"height":661},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/neuquen-strengthens-online-gambling-oversight-as-decree-37-26-explicitly-expands-ijan-powers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gambling News","item":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Neuqu\u00e9n strengthens online gambling oversight as Decree 37\/26 explicitly expands IJAN powers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/","name":"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","description":"Gambling news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gambling\/15308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gambling"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gambling"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gambling\/15308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15312,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gambling\/15308\/revisions\/15312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}