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Paraguay to tender its sports betting in 2018 second half

A new South American country will open its sports betting market in the upcoming months. According to Javier Balbuena, President of the National Gaming Commission (CONAJZAR), during Juegos Miami last week, Paraguay will bid the country’s sports betting market in the first months of the second half of the year.

Invited as one of the speakers at Juegos Miami, Balbuena confirmed: "Since 2014 we have been waiting to announce the opening of an international tender for the operation of sports betting in Paraguay. Now, after a long work of which many sectors of the industry have participated, we can assure that we have the everything ready to advance in this tender."

Balbuena also informed that there will be no open market for several licensed operators, but will be awarded to a single operator. Although the date is still not confirmed and will be announced shortly, the CONAJZAR President announced that there will be news "in the coming months".

"We can not give an exact date for the tender, but we can announce that it will be launched in the first months of the second half of this year and will be oriented to grant a single license for the operation of sports betting, both online and face-to-face. It will surely be of great interest to operators who are waiting for this news. "

Source: GMB