{"id":473730,"date":"2025-07-01T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/sports-betting-firms-claim-gambling-bill-would-eliminate-20000-jobs\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:34:24","slug":"sports-betting-firms-claim-gambling-bill-would-eliminate-20000-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/sports-betting-firms-claim-gambling-bill-would-eliminate-20000-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports betting firms claim gambling bill would eliminate 20,000 jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Santo Domingo,.-<\/strong> The <strong>Dominican Association of Sports Betting (Adobad)<\/strong> denounced this Tuesday that nearly 20,000 jobs would be at risk if the bill to regulate, supervise, and combat money laundering in gambling were approved as it was sent to the National Congress.<\/p>\n\n\nThe head of the entity Francisco P\u00e9rez assured in a document that more than 3,500 sports betting shops would be affected by the bill that was submitted via the Senate of the Republic, by the <strong>Executive Branch.<\/strong>\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/tag\/asociaciones-de-bancas-deportivas\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"34609\">Sports betting associations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nHe stated that the bill opens the doors to the indiscriminate expansion of gambling in the country, because according to him, it would allow the commercialization of virtual electronic games in establishments that lack locative conditions that offer minimum safety standards for access to such products and services.\n\nHe described the Executive's proposal as a \"potential catastrophe\", which would have a devastating effect on Dominican families, due to the accessibility that minors would have to gambling, leading Dominican society to a major chaos that the State itself will not be able to control.\n\nThe project, according to some of its considerations, aims to strengthen the regulation of the financial sector, including betting banks, to prevent their use in illicit activities.\n\nThe law seeks to promote collaboration between different public and private entities, including the banking sector, for the exchange of information and coordination in the fight against money laundering.\n\nFurthermore, it is intended to increase the penalties for those who commit money laundering offenses, including those who operate or use banks for illicit activities.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo,.- The Dominican Association of Sports Betting (Adobad) denounced this Tuesday that nearly 20,000 jobs would be at risk if the bill to regulate, supervise, and combat money laundering in gambling were approved as it was sent to the National Congress. 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