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.