How to get a gambling licence in Paraguay: by tender

Every game needs the authorisation of the competent authority (Ley 7438 art. 5), and each game is a separate concession with its own canon.

• Poker, slots and live tables sit inside "Casino Online", defined as a platform "siempre dentro de la República del Paraguay" (always within the Republic of Paraguay).
• Games not listed in art. 3 of Ley 1016 are prohibited unless CONAJZAR adds them as a new modality; esports and fantasy sports are not listed.
• Adjudication of a nationwide game needs the Executive's approval by decree, and the DNIT must homologate each tender document and game rulebook.

Laws that apply

• Ley 1016/1997 (gambling regime), as amended by Ley 4716/2012 and Ley 7438/2025
• Decreto 3846/2025 (regulates Ley 7438: CONAJZAR and DNIT roles, DGJA, certification)
• Resoluciones CONAJZAR 1/2019, 48/2020 and 5/2023 (online casino authorisations and canon)
• Ley 1015/1997 and Resolución SEPRELAD 258/2020 (anti-money laundering); Ley 6380/2019 and Decreto 4661/2020 (tax)

The law sets no seat test, but the tenders do. The 2022 sports-betting tender was open to national companies, defined a consortium as persons domiciled or incorporated in Paraguay and required a domicile in Asunción; the 2025 quiniela tender admits foreign bidders but asks for a domicile in Asunción.

• Financial capacity is set per tender: the quiniela tender asked for net worth or assets of at least Gs. 20,000,000,000 and a certified available balance of Gs. 20,000,000,000; the 2022 sports tender for assets of Gs. 20,000,000,000 and a certified balance of Gs. 15,000,000,000.
• Beneficial owners are identified and filed with the beneficial-owner register; police and judicial record certificates for representatives, beneficial owners, directors, síndicos and managers, dated no more than 30 days before bids open.
• Public officials who take part in the tender and have an interest in the bidder, and their relatives, are barred (Ley 7089/2023).
• Registration in the Registro Nacional de Concesionarios y de Operadores de Juegos de Suerte o de Azar and with the DNIT.

• Systems and machines must meet the technical conditions of a CONAJZAR regulation homologated by the DNIT and carry a certificate from an inspection body accredited by the ONA (national accreditation body) and unrelated to gambling (Decreto 3846 art. 5); that regulation is not yet published.
• Real-time connection to CONAJZAR where applicable; the sports concession runs a monitoring and control system 24 hours a day and keeps its data at least five years after the concession ends.
• No rule requires servers or data in Paraguay; the sports concession's central server needs an IEC/ISO 27001 audit certification or similar.
• CONAJZAR keeps a register of test laboratories: Gaming Laboratories International, BMM South America SAC and the Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology. For the sports concession, a certificate counts only if addressed to CONAJZAR, in Spanish, from a registered laboratory.
• AML: operators are obliged persons (Ley 1015 art. 13 j); a compliance officer, risk-based due diligence, annual training and external audit, and suspicious-operation reports within 24 hours (Res. SEPRELAD 258/2020).

There is no gambling duty on stakes or GGR. The State takes a monthly canon set by the tender or authorisation, paid in arrears to the DNIT.

• No statutory advertising regime. The Director General may order promotions of unauthorised games, misleading promotions and those in prohibited places withdrawn (Decreto 3846 art. 13 d) and may block channels advertising unauthorised online games (Ley 7438 art. 6 bis).
• The sports concessionaire registers its marks and logos and tells CONAJZAR before use.
• Sports betting: 18 and over, filters against minors registering, self-exclusion and a player-set maximum bet in the operator's system, a prominent addiction warning at registration.
• No national self-exclusion register, no mandatory deposit limit and no independent dispute service.

The route of a public tender, as the 2022 sports-betting and 2025 quiniela tenders ran it.

1. 01

   Watch for the call

   At least 30 days

   The tender is announced ten times in at least two national newspapers, at least 30 days before bids open (Ley 1016 art. 10), and listed on the DNIT tenders page.

2. 02

   Buy the right to bid

   Gs. 60,000,000 (2022 sports tender)

   Bidders buy the tender documents and participation rights; the 2025 quiniela tender charged Gs. 100,000,000.

3. 03

   File the bid at the Mesa de Entrada

   CONAJZAR, Asunción

   Legal and financial capacity documents, beneficial owners, record certificates, a five-year income and expense projection justifying the canon offered, and a bid guarantee.

4. 04

   Award and decree

   CONAJZAR, then the Executive

   CONAJZAR adjudicates on canon, financial and legal capacity, experience and guarantee (Ley 1016 art. 11); a nationwide game needs approval by decree.

5. 05

   Sign, certify, connect

   Before operating

   Sign the concession contract, lodge the performance guarantee, certify the systems with a registered laboratory and connect the monitoring system to CONAJZAR.

Tier-ordered: official government first, then practitioner, then trade media. Every primary figure was read from the in-force text on 9 Nov 2026.