CONAJZAR to have more control on slot machines licenses in Paraguay

Senators accepted the presidential veto of Articles 4, 6 and 8 of the Constitution: a legal initiative that establishes measures designed to safeguard the right of minors. The Executive argued that the articles would in fact have shifted licensing authority to the municipal governments and ignored laws which established that CONAJZAR was the proper licensing body.

In addition, the veto also pointed out that the priority of the legislative right now should be to strengthen CONAJZAR’s control over gaming by granting the body with a higher budget. With less than fifteen people the body is chronically under staffed and its budget is inadequate for state supervision of the gaming industry. Last month Balbuena said that slot machines were a "plague” on the whole country.

CONAJZAR’s President, Javier Balbuena, told local press that the board was becoming increasingly active when it came to its crackdown on illegal slots. "What we are doing is regulating gaming and, therefore, we issued a resolution three weeks ago in which we resolved that the municipalities will have a system of monitoring and digital control," he said adding that the board has already destroyed hundreds of illegal slot machines throughout Paraguay.

"The idea is to continue with the controls, but for that we require the support of all the municipalities, because for us it is impossible to be in every city,” he added.

Source: GMB / G3 Newswire