{"id":16527,"date":"2026-05-26T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=gambling&#038;p=16527"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:04:58","slug":"dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery","status":"publish","type":"gambling","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/colombian-gambling-news\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic moves gambling control to National Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dominican Republic has launched one of the deepest regulatory overhauls in its gaming industry after Senator <strong>Pedro Tineo<\/strong>, from the ruling <strong>Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM)<\/strong>, introduced a bill on <strong>13 May 2026<\/strong> that would transform the <strong>National Lottery<\/strong> into the country\u2019s main regulator for all gambling activities. The real central issue is that the Dominican government has begun dismantling the historically fragmented model led by the <strong>Ministry of Finance and Economy<\/strong> and the <strong>Directorate of Casinos and Gambling (DCJA)<\/strong> to centralize regulatory, supervisory and operational power under a single autonomous entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal would convert the National Lottery into a decentralized body with <strong>administrative, financial and technical autonomy<\/strong>, as well as its own legal assets and regulatory authority over lottery shops, sports betting shops, casinos, electronic gaming and other gambling operations. Today, most of those powers remain under the <strong>DCJA<\/strong>, operating within the Ministry of Finance and Economy, led in 2026 by Finance Minister <strong>Mag\u00edn D\u00edaz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery2-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Finance Minister Mag\u00edn D\u00edaz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill arrives amid a broader government crackdown targeting informality, tax evasion and illegal gambling operations. In March 2026, President <strong>Luis Abinader<\/strong> reactivated the <strong>National Gambling Regularization Plan<\/strong> through <strong>Decree 197-26<\/strong>, reviving a formalization process that had stalled since 2022. At the same time, the Ministry of Finance signed agreements with the <strong>Financial &amp; International Business Association (FIBA)<\/strong> to strengthen <strong>AML controls and anti-money laundering supervision<\/strong> across casinos and sports betting operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery3.png 950w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery3-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/dominican-republic-moves-gambling-control-to-national-lottery3-768x376.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Te\u00f3filo \u201cQuico\u201d Tabar Manzur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative would also reorganize the industry\u2019s revenue distribution model. According to the proposal, <strong>50% of gambling revenue<\/strong> would remain under the National Lottery for payroll, healthcare, sports and social programs; <strong>20%<\/strong> would go directly to the state through the Ministry of Finance; <strong>10%<\/strong> to the Ombudsman\u2019s Office; <strong>10%<\/strong> to pensions and elderly healthcare; and <strong>10%<\/strong> to <strong>Promese\/Cal<\/strong> for catastrophic disease programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/mve-ads\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16352\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Lottery, currently led by <strong>Te\u00f3filo \u201cQuico\u201d Tabar Manzur<\/strong>, would also conduct mandatory nationwide inspections every six months to determine which operators are allowed to continue operating legally. Although the bill still requires congressional approval and executive ratification, the proposal fundamentally reshapes the Dominican gaming regulatory map and points toward a far more centralized system with stronger fiscal oversight, AML enforcement, operational inspections and political supervision over the entire gambling industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Republic has launched one of the deepest regulatory overhauls in its gaming industry after Senator Pedro Tineo, from the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), introduced a bill on 13 May 2026 that would transform the National Lottery into the country\u2019s main regulator for all gambling activities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16528,"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":[5086,57,4828,15,31,1426,102,354,5012,105],"class_list":["post-16527","gambling","type-gambling","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-aml","tag-casinos","tag-dominican-republic","tag-gambling","tag-lotteries","tag-lottery","tag-online-betting","tag-responsible-gambling","tag-south-america","tag-sports-betting","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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