Pablo Ferreri, Uruguay’s Undersecretary of Economy, explained that although most forms of online gambling are prohibited in the country, there are no actual controls that hamper casino players and
With very few exceptions, gambling services in Uruguay are conducted by a state-run monopoly and its subsidiaries. Different lawmakers have tried to introduce over the past several years a more liberal approach towards the provision of this type of services in the country, but their efforts have not gained much support.
The most recent such push was made in the spring of
Earlier this year, the Uruguayan Casino Control Board revealed that wagers placed at local casinos grew 6.5% to US$ 216 million in 2016.
The announcement about Uruguay considering the implementation of a new gambling framework comes less than a month after another South American country officially opened its market for licensed online gambling operations. Coljuegos, the Colombian gambling regulator, issued the first