The Iberoamerican Corporation of State Lotteries and Gambling (Cibelae) will kick off the Cibelae 2024 Conference this week, to be held on April 18 and 19 in Buenos Aires, with a Welcome Dinner slated for tomorrow (April 17) at 8:30 p.m. at the Sofitel Recoleta Hotel in Buenos Aires.
The main theme of the meeting will be “Sports Betting in Latin America: approaches to a developing market”, and it will have the active collaboration of the Council of Europe (COE) and United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS).
Among the confirmed participants are the president of the World Lottery Association (WLA), Rebecca Paul; the assistant secretary of Prizes and Gambling of Brazil’s Ministry of Finance, Simone Vicentini; the president of Costa Rica’s Social Protection Board (JPS), Esmeralda Britton González; as well as the president of El Salvador’s National Charity Lottery (LNB) and president of Cibelae, Javier Milián.
Also in attendance will be the general director of Mexico’s National Lottery (Lotenal), Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez; the president of Paraguay’s National Gaming Commission (Conajzar), Carlos Liseras Osorio; the vice-president of Loterias CAIXA of Brazil, Lucíola Aor Vasconcelos; the superintendent of Chile’s Gaming Casinos, Vivien Villagrán; and the president director of the Lottery of the State of Paraná (Lottopar), Daniel Romanowski.
In addition, Francisco Petrônio de Oliveira Rolim, executive secretary of Public-Private Partnerships of the Paraíba State Government, representing Loteria do Estado da Paraíba (LOTEP); Hazenclever Lopes Cançado, president of Rio de Janeiro State Lottery (Loterj); Luca Esposito, executive director of the WLA; and Jesús Acevedo, president of Loteria de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Lotba), have also confirmed their presence.
Cibelae highlighted that the conference “seeks to reflect the growing relevance and dynamism of sports betting in the region, with an approach that will not only address the opportunities presented by the market but also the challenges and key strategies for the sustainable development of the activity.”
Schedule of activities
Thursday, April 18th
- 10.00 – 12.00: CIBELAE Board Meeting (only for DB members).
- 12.30 – 14.00: Lunch.
Round table – Council of Europe: “Preserving the integrity of sport by fighting against the manipulation of competitions and illegal betting”.
- 14.00 – 14.15: Welcome and presentation.
- 14.15 – 16.15: Block 1 – “Exploring the Global Overview”.
- 16.15 – 16.30: Coffee-break.
- 16.30 – 18.00: Block 2 – “Recognition of Best Practices”.
- 20.30: Dinner.
Friday, April 19
Cibelae Conference: “Sports betting in Latin America: present scenario and a possible future”.
- 9.30 – 9.45: Opening and presentation. By Javier Milián, President LNB El Salvador and President of CIBELAE.
- 9.45 – 10.15: Presentation of ULIS. By Luca Espósito, ULIS Secretary General and WLA Executive Director.
- 10.15 – 10.45: Presentation of the Games Map – CIBELAE. By Santiago Schunk (IAFAS – ALEA – CIBELAE).
- 10.45 – 11.30: Panel 1 on Sports Betting – Brazilian and Argentinean regulators. Interventions are to be confirmed by representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Brazil and ALEA of Argentina.
- 11.30 – 11.50: Coffee-break.
- 11.50 – 12.10: Roundtable 2 on Sports Betting – Regulators from Paraguay and Chile. Speakers: Carlos Liseras Osorio, President of CONAJZAR of Paraguay; and representative of the Superintendence of Gaming Casinos of Chile to be confirmed.
- 12.10 – 12.50: Presentation of IGT and Gaming Labs International (GLI), Platinum members of Cibelae.
- 12.50 – 14.20: Lunch Break
- 14.20 – 15.00: Panel 3 on Sports Betting – Regulators from Mexico and Peru. Speakers: Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez, General Director of the National Lottery of Mexico (Lotenal); and Eduardo Alfonso Sevilla Echevarría, General Director of Gaming of MINCETUR (to be confirmed).
- 15.00 – 15.40: Panel 4 on Sports Betting – Regulators from El Salvador and Costa Rica. Speakers: Javier Milián, President of the National Lottery of El Salvador (LNB); and Esmeralda Britton González, President of the Social Protection Board of Costa Rica (JPS
- 15.40 – 16.00: Coffee-break.
- 16.00 – 16.40: Presentations by Playtech and Scientific Games, Platinum members of Cibelae.
- 16.40 – 17.20: Panel 5 on Sports Betting – Regulators from Panama, Uruguay, and Colombia (subject to confirmation).
- 17.20 – 18.00: Presentations by Shift and Paybrokers, Cibelae Platinum members.
- 18.00 – 18.15: Conclusions.
- 21.00: Farewell dinner.