Paraguay's Senate held a joint committee meeting to continue reviewing a bill that would replace the gaming regulator, Conajzar, with a new body, the Dirección Nacional de Juegos de Azar (DINAJZAR), according to a Yogonet report dated 27 October 2026. The report does not give the date of the meeting.
Every detail below comes from that single report, and no second independent source has confirmed any of it.
According to Yogonet, the Executive sent the DINAJZAR bill to the Senate on 12 October. The report says the bill would eliminate Conajzar and give the new regulator institutional and functional autonomy, plus what it calls budgetary autarky. The same article says Conajzar was incorporated into the DNIT about a year ago.
Conajzar president Carlos Liseras said monthly revenue in the sector rose from about PYG 12,000 million to PYG 21,000 million, Yogonet reported. On those two figures, that is a 75% increase. The available account does not specify over what period the rise took place, or whether "revenue" means operator turnover or the state's take. Without that information, the number cannot be compared with any other market or year.
Senator Luis Pettengill said Conajzar has only 12 staff to oversee the whole country and that the current legal framework dates from 1997, according to the report. Juan Sosa, speaking for the private sector, said illegal gambling has grown sharply because the DNIT lacks time to handle gambling matters, Yogonet reported. The available account gives no figure for that growth.
Yogonet reports that the review is expected to continue, with a more defined text within 15 days.
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