ARGENTINA

CURRENCY: Peso (P).

EXCHANGE RATE: P 1.00 = US$1.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish.

POPULATION: 29.6 million.

CAPITAL: Buenos Aires.

INTERNATIONAL CODE: TELEPHONE 54.

CURRENCY CONTROLS: The Peso is fully convertible and may be freely imported and exported.

GAMING INFORMATION: There are 20 plus Provincial and National operating casinos in Argentina.The largest and most important is the Central Casino in Mar del Plata.All are government owned except two private concessions in Mendoza Province and a private concession at Iguazu Falls.La Lotteria de Beneficial (National Lottery Administration) overseas operation of the publicly owned National Government casinos.The individual provinces control and monitor their casinos.All profits go to the National or Provincial Ministry of Welfare.Spanish is the predominate casino language, little English is spoken.
The national casinos offer Roulette, Pont y banca, and Blackjack.However the smaller national casino do not offer Blackjack.The provincial casinos have Roulette, Punt y banca, Blackjack and Slot Machines.Roulette in Argentina is American style with one zero, except for the one French Roulette table at Las Lenas with one zero.