The Argentinian lotteries that make up the national entity ALEA have signed a cooperation agreement with the Social Protection Board (JPS) of Costa Rica, which will focus on joint projects for the development of lotteries in both countries, as well as technical assistance for gambling services.
ALEA has stated that “the goal is to consolidate and implement actions on experiences management, technologies and knowledge, to achieve synergies with a positive impact on the work that both organizations carry out.”
The entity also explained that they’ll achieve this through the development of training programs for members of both organizations.
ALEA added that the agreement is similar to the one that the Argentinian organization already has with Paraguay’s Conajzar and Colombia’s Coljuegos, to face the challenges that lotteries experienced in recent months, due to the closure of agencies and the lack of a stable regulation, in regards to the possibility of extending the business to digital channels.
Back in February, ALEA signed an agreement with the National Lottery from El Salvador, where they explained they’re looking to establish bilateral cooperation to enrich them through the exchange of information between their representatives and managers.
In the entity’s second meeting at the end of September, representatives laid their foundations for a joint strategy against unauthorised operators in the country. As the land-based industry in Argentina has been shut down since March, authorities claim that they’ve perceived an increase in illegal gambling, specifically in regards to lottery draws, bingos and sports betting.
The representatives shared different strategies that they can use to fight against illegal activity.
ALEA said: “We agreed that we need to continue working to prevent this crime by marketing and improving new payment methods and advertising. We also set an agenda to meet representatives of different internet and platform providers to come up with an agreement.”
