Organisations will be able to register their .bet.ar domains from 21 July, with all requiring the approval of an Argentine regulatory body.
The Association of Argentina’s State Lotteries (ALEA) has announced that the use of the .bet.ar suffix will help differentiate legal gambling operators from unauthorised gambling sites.
bodies; the clear identification of the operators and platforms authorised by the regulatory bodies of each jurisdiction; and it will strengthen communication strategies to identify illegal and unauthorised operators and sites.”
Businesses in the wider digital ecosystem, such as telecoms and banking groups, will also be able to identify authorised operations by the deployment of the .bet.ar suffix, according to ALEA.
Some provinces in Argentina have already officially announced the use of the .bet.ar domain zone for their authorised online gambling.
The new domains will be approved by the regulator in each of Argentina’s provinces.
The development of the .bet.ar domains was made possible by federal legislation Resolution 42/2019 and Provision 68/2019, approved by the Legal and Technical Secretariat of the Nation.
Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, was the first region to establish its online gambling licensing requirements in February 2020.
ALEA stated that most provinces are now either considering or implementing regulations for gambling due to the impact of Covid-19.
