The agreement aims to modernize the horse racing betting system.
Argentina.- The president of the Lottery and Casino Institute (IPLyC Buenos Aires), Gonzalo Atanasof, together with the president of the Jockey Club, Juan Villar Urquiza, and the president of the Racing Commission of the San Isidro Racecourse, Juan de la Cruz Ramallo, signed an agreement to modernize the betting system for the races.
In this regard, Atanasof said: "With this agreement, we manage to innovate technologically and have a new system for operation, maintenance, and data transmission for the decentralized processing of bets from both San Isidro and the Hipódromo de La Plata."
For his part, Villar Urquiza acknowledged the importance of this technological advance that will favor "the modernization of the betting system of both racecourses, preventing possible hacks, the betting service, and the connection with other racecourses around the world."
From the IPLyC of Buenos Aires, it was assured that this consolidates a new tool to improve revenue collection by guaranteeing independent and efficient processing of bets.
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As part of its strategy to revitalize horse racing in the province of Buenos Aires, the president of IPLyC Buenos Aires, Gonzalo Atanasof, formed in March last year a technical working group with the racecourses of Buenos Aires.
In that sense, Atanasof convened representatives of the five horse racing circuits of the territory. Along with the vice president María Laura García; the executive secretary, Marcelo Santillán; and the provincial director of Racecourses and Casinos, Juan Puleston; they met with representatives of the Hipódromos de La Plata, San Isidro, Tandil, Azul, and Dolores with the aim of advancing joint strategies that allow strengthening the activity and addressing the particular needs of each of the establishments.
At the beginning of February, when presenting the project for the reactivation of horse racing, from the IPLyC of Buenos Aires it was assured that "the turf industry has years of tradition and the Lottery takes on the commitment to respect that history and bet on a turf that returns to be the great spectacle that the province of Buenos Aires deserves."
In this sense, the new management announced that it assumes the responsibility of "revaluing horse racing so that the people of Buenos Aires return to the racecourses to share those spaces where they can enjoy this noble and traditional sport."
From the institute, it was pointed out that the turf industry currently generates more than 80,000 jobs directly or indirectly, including the activities developed at the racecourses of La Plata, San Isidro, Azul, Tandil, and Dolores.
