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House tourism committee hears allegations that Camarero pressured racetrack agents to use its sports-betting provider
Summary
Witnesses told the Puerto Rico House committee that Camarero Registrac Corp. sent letters warning agents their independent contracts or licenses might not be renewed unless they adopted Camarero’s chosen sports-betting supplier; the Commission of Games said it can intervene and the Department of Justice has opened an antitrust inquiry.
The House Tourism and Cooperativism Committee on June 12 held a public hearing on Resolution R. de la C. 1160 after testimony that Camarero Registrac Corp. pressured independent racetrack agents to accept the operator’s chosen sports-betting provider.
Gabriel Salgado Torres, president of Agentes Hípicos Unidos de Puerto Rico, told the committee his group — which he said represents roughly 98% of horse-betting sales — has received multiple letters from Camarero warning that some contractors’ agreements would not be renewed if they did not adopt Camarero’s provider. Salgado said five agents so far reported receiving such communications and described the letters as threatening to the survival of small businesses and family livelihoods.
Representing Apuesta PR, lawyer Graciani Betancourt Pérez accused Camarero of using its position as the island’s sole licensed…
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