Paraguay
Republic of Paraguay
- Online sports bettingRegulated
- Online casinoRegulated
- Land-based (reference)Regulated
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Yes
- Last verified
- 5 Aug 2026
Summary
Paraguay licenses online gambling through CONAJZAR, the national games of chance commission created by Law 1016/1997, which awards concessions by public tender and publishes a national register of certified operators and the modalities each may run. That register, created by CONAJZAR Resolution 110 of 2015, is the practical proof of who is licensed: DARUMA SAM S.A. for sports betting, PARIONS S.A. and METROPOLITANA S.A. among the casino online certificates, alongside physical casinos, gaming machines, telebingo and the Jockey Club. Law 7438/2025, published on 6 January 2025, is the biggest change in nearly thirty years. It recognises casino online and lotto as modalities, raises the quiniela and sports betting concessions from one to three each, moves CONAJZAR into the national tax authority DNIT as a deconcentrated agency, and gives the regulator blocking powers over unlicensed sites.
Key facts
- Regulator
- National Commission on Games of Chance (CONAJZAR)
- Regulator type
- Gaming board
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Yes
- Minimum age
- Not yet verified
- Tax base
- No operator-level rate is recorded because none could be verified. Paraguay charges a fiscal canon on concessioned games, whose calculation and distribution CONAJZAR is responsible for under Law 1016/1997. Law 7438/2025 changed the distribution, directing 9.93 per cent to the General Treasury, with the remainder split among DIBEN, municipalities and departments by formula. That is a distribution rule, not a rate on operator revenue, and should not be read as one.
- Capital
- Asuncion
- Currency
- PYG
- Official languages
- Spanish, Guarani
Licensing
- Licence required
- Yes
- Application window
- Not yet verified
- Local establishment required
- Not yet verified
- Local server required
- Not yet verified
- Licence cap
- 3
- Notable licensees
- DARUMA SAM S.A. (apuestas deportivas), PARIONS S.A. (casino online), METROPOLITANA S.A. (casino online), AZAR INTERNACIONAL S.A. (land-based casino), CASINOS PARAGUAYOS S.A. (land-based casino), JOCKEY CLUB DEL PARAGUAY (horse racing)
- Barriers to entry
- Paraguay is a concession market, not an open licensing market. Entry means winning a public tender for one of a small number of concessions rather than meeting published criteria on demand. The licenceCap of 3 recorded here is the number of sports betting concessions Law 7438/2025 makes available, not a cap across all verticals. The 2025 reform is a liberalisation in intent, moving from a single concessionaire to a three-operator market, but the first new competitive rounds were still expected at the date of review.
Licence types
Sports betting concession (apuestas deportivas)
- Scope
- Concession to exploit sports betting, awarded by CONAJZAR through public tender. Law 7438/2025 raised the number available from one to three.
Online casino certificate (casino online)
- Scope
- Recognised as a modality by Law 7438/2025 and already reflected in the CONAJZAR national operator register. The law provides for public tender after a three-year provisional operating period.
Taxation
- Headline GGR tax
- Not yet verified
- Effective date
- Not yet verified
- Tax base
- No operator-level rate is recorded because none could be verified. Paraguay charges a fiscal canon on concessioned games, whose calculation and distribution CONAJZAR is responsible for under Law 1016/1997. Law 7438/2025 changed the distribution, directing 9.93 per cent to the General Treasury, with the remainder split among DIBEN, municipalities and departments by formula. That is a distribution rule, not a rate on operator revenue, and should not be read as one.
Enforcement
- ISP blocking
- Yes
- DNS blocking
- Not yet verified
- Payment blocking
- Not yet verified
- App store takedowns
- Not yet verified
- Operator liability
- Under Law 7438/2025 the CONAJZAR president has been authorised to order the blocking and cancellation of transmission of channels, domains, websites, platforms and internet pages used for the exploitation, operation, sale, payment, advertising or commercialisation of online gambling without authorisation. CONAJZAR and DNIT also hold joint powers of inspection, equipment seizure and destruction, and temporary or permanent closure of clandestine operations.
Outlook
The thing to watch is the tender calendar. Law 7438/2025 promises a three-operator sports betting market, but until CONAJZAR actually runs the competitive rounds, the practical position is close to the old one. Also worth tracking: how the move into DNIT changes supervision in practice, whether the new blocking powers are used at scale, and what the post-provisional tender for casino online looks like. Do not confuse the fiscal canon distribution percentages in the new law with an operator tax rate; no operator rate has been verified here.
Frequently asked questions
- Who licenses online gambling in Paraguay?
- CONAJZAR, the Comision Nacional de Juegos de Azar, under Law 1016/1997 as amended by Law 7438/2025. It awards concessions by public tender and publishes a national register of certified operators.
- What changed with Paraguay Law 7438/2025?
- It recognised casino online and lotto as regulated modalities, raised the quiniela and sports betting concessions from one to three each, moved CONAJZAR into the tax authority DNIT, and gave the regulator power to block unlicensed gambling sites.
Sources
- Comision Nacional de Juegos de Azar
Ministerio de Economia y Finanzas del Paraguay
The MEF still presents CONAJZAR as one of its dependencies while the DNIT institutional portal also hosts a CONAJZAR page, and Law 7438/2025 is reported to have moved the commission to DNIT. Both official pages were live at review. The regulator record follows the DNIT placement, with the MEF page retained because it carries the Law 1016/1997 mandate and the operator register.
Tier 1Accessed 5 Aug 2026 - Registro Nacional de Operadores de Juegos de Suerte o Azar
Ministerio de Economia y Finanzas del Paraguay / CONAJZAR
Tier 1Accessed 5 Aug 2026 - CONAJZAR institutional portal
Direccion Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT), Paraguay
Tier 1Accessed 5 Aug 2026 - Ley N 7438/2025 que modifica y amplia la Ley N 1016/1997 que establece el regimen juridico para la explotacion de los juegos de suerte o de azar
Biblioteca y Archivo Central del Congreso Nacional (BACN), Paraguay
Cited as the official location of the law. BACN returned HTTP 403 at review, so no claim about the content of Law 7438/2025 rests on a direct read of the text; the substance recorded here comes from Vouga Abogados and trade reporting.
Tier 1Accessed 5 Aug 2026Published 6 Jan 2025 - Tier 3Accessed 5 Aug 2026
- CONAJZAR ordeno el bloqueo de sitios web de apuestas ilegales
SBC Noticias
Surfaced through search results rather than read in full. Sole support for the description of the CONAJZAR blocking power under Law 7438/2025; Vouga did not describe site-blocking in the text reviewed, which is a gap worth resolving against the law itself.
Tier 4Accessed 5 Aug 2026