SAGSE Buenos Aires organizers released the statistics after the analysis of its 16th edition, held October 15-17 in Costa Salguero exhibition center. According to the information given, the event is still growing. Monografie informed that a total of 7,968 people visited in this opportunity SAGSE Buenos Aires. Besides, the activities represented were: Casino, 24,33%; bingo, 14,36%; amusement: 11,20%; i-gaming: 8.53% and suppliers, 6-82%.

A bill has been presented in the Lower House of the Argentinean province of Buenos Aires which would ban gambling via any remote communication method including mobile phones and the internet. The bill would require telecommunications providers to block access to sites that offer any form of gambling, and proposes a penalty on both gaming operators and network providers equal to ten to twenty times the value of all bets received from within the province of Buenos Aires.

The Latin American gaming industry will meet this week in Buenos Aires, and around 200 exhibitors will receive national and international visitors in a new edition of the traditional Buenos Aires SAGSE trade show. SAGSE organizers announced that, from 14,30 p.m., its doors will open to start their 16th edition, with the aim to reaffirm that it is the main regional gaming event.

Casinos Austria International will be presenting its extensive range of gaming products and services at the SAGSE Gaming and Amusement Buenos Aires 2008 from 15 to 17 October 2008. SAGSE Buenos Aires is the largest annual event of its kind in South America, attracting visitors and exhibitors from all across the region. Casinos Austria International enjoys international renown as a leading gaming services provider and investor.

The Latin American gaming exhibition has more than 200 national and international exhibitors and the support of all the institutions that regulate the gambling activity, which will be present in the five main pavilions of Costa Salguero Center. “SAGSE is the greatest event, so it has been declared of economic interest by the House of Legislators of the City of Buenos Aires. Last year, the business volume exceeded USD 300 million during the three=day exhibition”, according to the organizers in a recent press release.

Mauricio Macri, Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires, demanded the National Government the 100% of the games of chance profits for the city (they currently receive just a 26%). The agreement, signed in 2003 during Aníbal Ibarra conduct in government, ratified by law, states a co-participation in the dividends among ministries of Social Development of the city and the nation, a 50% each.

The Health Commission of the House of Representatives introduced a series of changes in order to create spaces 100% smoke-free in the Province of Buenos Aires. Among them, smoking will be forbidden in buildings belonging to the public administration, as well as in private spaces such as bars, restaurants, bingos and casinos. The prohibition could start before the ending of the year.

In a meeting held by the Management Council of Lotteries, Pools and Casinos of the estate in Argentina (ALEA), organized this week in the city of Santa Fe, different associations gave their support to MAGIA 2008, a new exhibition of the gambling sector that will be held this year in Buenos Aires. According to the organizers of the event, ALEA authorities approved unanimously the joint organization of MAGIA 2008…

Once again, Buenos Aires is in the limelight: this year, two trade events dedicated to the gambling sector will be held at the same time in this city, reminding a well known history for many of us, with the dispute that divided the industry in 2003 and 2004. Yogonet analyzes the phenomenon of the events in Buenos Aires, trying to explain something that is simply incomprehensible for many people.

Online betting is banned in the City of Buenos Aires, because the Contraventional Code of the City punishes illegal gaming and its coverage, but the Mayor of the City, Mauricio Macri, analyzes to modify the law and call to a tender process to operate the business. In Argentina there is a legal void, because there isn’t a law on the matter and is just regulated by regional laws.

Last week, Buenos Aires had its fifteenth exhibition for the gambling sector and opened its doors to companies from all parts of the world, which arrived in the country to offer its latest developments. The event had a great production and once again it broke records on quantity of metres and exhibitors. The traditional Buenos Aires event lived three days full of public and splendour (altough last Friday afternoon there was a bit decrease in public), and it closed its fifteenth edition at 9 pm that day.

The second day at SAGSE Buenos Aires offered an important level of public, even more than on the first day of the event, and tonight it will conclude a very positive 15th edition. Yesterday night, its organizers also held SAGSE Awards 2007 within the traditional Gambling Gala. One of the highlights of this 15th edition was the remarkable presence of international companies in SAGSE; boosted by the growth of the event it its latest editions. Local companies also assisted to an event which attracted the attention of many South American operators.