Paraguay Casinos

What the 2025 Reform Changed

For decades Paraguay ran gambling as a monopoly under Law 1016 of 1997, with exclusive concessions handed to single operators and no real framework for the internet. That left online casinos and offshore sportsbooks serving Paraguayan players in a grey area. Law 7438, enacted in January 2025, rewrote the model into what officials call controlled competition, allowing up to three operators per vertical and moving CONAJZAR under the DNIT tax authority, complete with a much larger inspection team and powers to block illegal platforms.

For players, the practical marker of a legal site is the .bet.py domain, reserved for CONAJZAR licensed operators. A local licence means disputes are handled in Paraguayan courts, which is a real advantage over a site regulated only in, say, Curacao. Licensed casinos also support familiar local payments such as Bancard, SPI transfers, Tigo Money and Zimple alongside Visa and Mastercard.

The transition is not finished, and offshore sites still target Paraguayan players. A foreign licence, from Malta, Curaçao or anywhere else, does not make a site legal in Paraguay. The authority to check with is CONAJZAR, which now sits inside the DNIT and publishes its resolutions and concessionaire information on the DNIT portal. Anyone can also report clandestine gambling to CONAJZAR, the DNIT, the Public Ministry or the National Police.