The board distributed a total of 30 % to the municipal governments, 30 % to the departmental governments, 30 % to the Department of Social Welfare and Assistance (DIBEN) and 10% to the Treasury.
According
to the gaming board 77.59 % of its income was generated by popular local game
quinela, while 12.77 % was generated by casinos, 5.61 % by Telebingo and 1.25 %
was raised for the state via special promotions. Bingo accounted for just 0.58
% of revenues.
The figures also show that sports betting is still extremely limited in
Paraguay as it accounted for just 1.05 % of gaming generated revenues. However
this could soon increase as last year the board announced that it was preparing
to allow a foreign operator the opportunity to offer sports betting in
Paraguay.
In the
statement the board also announced that it was focusing further on tightening
controls over the industry and had initiated a crackdown on all those
commercial premises which have been found to be offering gaming without a
licence and on illegal operators.
Improved revenues are the result of the continued application of technology in
controlling the operation of gaming as well as the intensification of audits on
gaming, the board said. As a result the board is expected to increase gaming
tax revenue considerably by the end of 2017.
Source: GMB / G3 Newswire
