SPORTS BETTING

Парагвай – открыты заявки на ставки на спорт для нового владельца лицензии

Национальная комиссия по азартным играм (Конажзар) has opened the bids as part of the call for Public Tender No. 01/2022, which will grant a license for sports betting for the next five years.

Всего шесть компаний запросили Условия торгов, но только три подали свои предложения. Официальное вскрытие тендерных предложений состоялось в штаб-квартире Конажзара. 

The three companies that submitted bids are Дарума Сэм С.А.. (Apostala); the consortium B-Gaming Sucursal Paraguay and Gambling S.A. and a company owned by  Luis Carlos Alder Benítez (under the name Playtech), whose legal representative is former Foreign Minister Rubén Melgarejo Lanzoni.

The bidding companies were also permitted to verbally present their case as to why they should be permitted to be the sole sportsbetting operator and criticise the bids put forward by their competitors.

Что касается экономических предложений, то Daruma Sam SA предложила каноническую долю в 22%, консорциум BGaming – Gambling SA предложил 27%, а Playtech — 23%.

Directors of current license holder Daruma Sam S.A defended their track record saying: “We formally presented our proposal, we are sure that it meets all the requirements, based on the experience obtained in these five years and our knowledge of the market, we opted for a realistic, coherent offer, instead of reckless figures that later in practice are unfeasible.”

The financial part of the tender is only one aspect of the process as experience in the area will also be taken into account.   

Местная компания Daruma Sam получила эксклюзивное право предлагать ставки на спорт в преддверии последнего Чемпионат мира по футболу в течении пяти лет. В сентябре Конажзар объявил объявление о проведении открытого тендера № 01/2022, открыв процесс проведения следующих пяти.

Sports betting is permitted under Paraguay’s gaming laws which датируется 1997 годом. Sports betting used to be limited to a single location attached to a racetrack. The expansion began in 2015 after CONAJZAR announced that a sport betting tender would be launched in the near future as the board began to look at opening up the market. Since then sports betting in Paraguay has proven крайне спорный.