MAR 26 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2024 - 05:22hs.
Pro Hards and Boldt Consortium

Lottopar authorizes WLC Paraná to operate sports betting across the state since October

Lottopar authorized this Monday (18) the second company to operate fixed-odd betting in Paraná from October. The WLC Paraná group, formed by Pro Hards and Boldt S/A, with payment of the grant of R$ 5 million (US$ 1m) now has the right to explore the activity in the State for five years, which can be renewed for another five and so successively, as long as the company renews the contribution defined in the Notice that launched the activity.

The next step now is the integration of the company WLC Paraná into Lottopar's management and payment methods platform. In this way, from the first day of activity, the authority can control the concessionaires' operations, verify, for example, the number of bets, the amount of resources in circulation in the sports betting environment and whether all regulatory rules are being complied with, such as alerting to suspicious or non-standard bets.

Furthermore, aiming to provide more transparency and integrity to sports betting operations, at any time control authorities can request reports from Lottopar through the platform, ensuring supervision and that all regulations are being followed. This monitoring through the platform will occur 24 hours a day, seven days a week, uninterruptedly.

"This is the second sports betting company authorized to operate in our state, as of October, legally and following all regulatory rules. It is more security for the bettor and also more legal security for the lottery operator. The regulated sports betting activities, in addition to being entertainment, will generate resources for the state's treasury for investments in housing, public security and social actions," highlighted the president of Lottopar, Daniel Romanowski.

The president of Pro Hards, José Carlos Baungartner, highlighted the seriousness of how the entire sports betting authorization process is being conducted and pointed out Paraná as being a very important state. "Paraná is extremely important for us, so we will put all our efforts into making sports betting an entertainment option and also a source of revenue for the government to invest in social areas," he commented.

"We are happy to start activities with Lottopar, starting in October, and this new contract is fundamental to our growth strategy in Latin America and we trust that it will be a new step for all of us with many benefits for everyone," stated the manager of new business at Boldt, Gastón Corales.

“The value of the grants alone already reaches R$10 million from the two sports betting companies authorized to operate in Paraná. From October onwards, bettors from Paraná will be able to bet with regulated and legalized companies in the state,” said Romanowski.

Identification of authorized websites

From October onwards, with the entry into operation of the first fixed odds betting companies (AQF), the “bets”, the consumer will be able to easily distinguish an authorized website from an illegal website in the State of Paraná by means of a seal of approval. verification. With this seal, which will have two versions, a digital one for websites and a physical one for equipment, the player is guaranteed access to the website of a regulated company, legalized and authorized to operate in Paraná or even that the equipment used by lottery companies is properly registered and verified by Lottopar in conjunction with the work carried out by testing and certification laboratories.

Participating in the approval event were the president, Daniel Romanowski; Lottopar's administrative-financial director, Rogério Nogueira; Lottopar's operational director, Fabio Veiga; and Lottopar's chief of staff Stefanny Fernandes; as well as representatives from WLC Paraná, Gastón Ricardo Corales, Emiliano Giri, José Carlos Baungartner and Peterson Baungartner.

Source: GMB