How to balance innovation, legal certainty and consumer protection in a market moving at the speed of technology was one of the central questions Fabíola Esteves, president of LOTERJ, Rio de Janeiro's state lottery and betting regulator, addressed during a panel at Rio Innovation Week, one of Latin America's largest technology and innovation events. From inside the regulator to leading it Esteves's path to the top of LOTERJ ran entirely through the institution ...

Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) will auction seized shares in ICELA, the holding company that controls Administradora Mexicana de Hipódromo (AMHI), holder of the permit for the Hipódromo de las Américas and 65 gaming venues, as part of efforts to recover tax debts linked to Spanish gaming group Codere. The sale, which opens on 11 August and closes on 18 August, concerns shares valued at MXN1.168 billion, according to local reports and SAT auction ...

Colombia's territorial games — lotteries, chance and the scratchcard product Raspa&Listo — transferred COP $2.56 trillion to the subsidised health regime between 2022 and 2026, according to figures presented by regulator Coljuegos. Coljuegos president Marco Emilio Hincapié told the  General Assembly of the Federation of Colombian Lotteries (Fedelco) that the Petro administration had delivered on both health financing and on the games of chance sector. He ...