Uruguay considering legislation to legalize online casino gambling

In Uruguay and the coalition government of President Luis Lacalle Pou has reportedly floated new legislation that would see the South American nation become the latest to legalize online casino gambling.

According to a report from a source, the proposed measure would allow the county’s Direccion General de Casinos regulator to issue fixed-term online gambling licenses tied to land-based casinos operated by a range of state and private enterprises. The text of the proposition introduced by Ministry of Economy and Finance Azucena Arbeleche purportedly lays out the expressed aim of addressing the ‘recent increase in the importance of iGaming’ as this significance ‘is sure to increase further in the future.’

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