The Instituto Provincial de Lotería y Casinos (IPLyC) of Buenos Aires Province added two La Plata institutions as beneficiary entities of Bingo La Plata.
The Escuela Montessori and the Instituto de Psicopedagogía Especial (IPE) will receive gaming proceeds toward building improvements at both.
IPLyC President Gonzalo Atanasof visited the two institutions, accompanied by the head of the agency's Bingo Department, Andrea Wilde, and met with their leadership to review ongoing projects.
Atanasof said: “It is a pleasure to support institutions that have been working for inclusion for so many years and continue to carry out such important work every day. At Lotería, we want to continue strengthening these partnerships and providing the necessary tools to ensure that contributions reach those who need them most.”
The Escuela Montessori has operated for 42 years and serves more than 110 children and adolescents with motor disabilities. Funds from the Bingo will go toward the building work needed to strengthen its operations.
The IPE, founded in 1971, provides education and assistance to people with intellectual disabilities through its Escuela Ana Sullivan and a day center, serving more than 180 children, young people and adults. Its Bingo funding will go toward building adaptations required to advance its categorization with the national disability agency, ANDIS, a step that would let it access additional resources.
Under Buenos Aires provincial law, bingo halls are operated by private companies acting as “tercero contratante” under agreements with nonprofit entities that hold the gambling licenses.
At least 66% of the gross profits generated by electronic gaming machines must be allocated to the nonprofit entity, with the proceeds then distributed between the nonprofit and the private operator according to the terms of each agreement.
The framework was established under Law 11,018 in 1990 and subsequently amended.
The IPLyC earmarks revenue from other provincial games by law as well. Quiniela proceeds go to the Directorate General of Culture and Education, while casino operators pay a 35% canon on gross profit under a framework dating to a 1988 agreement with the state-run Lotería Nacional.
Gonzalo Atanasof has served as president of Buenos Aires Province's lottery regulator since December 2023
