The Senate Health Commission, chaired by Senator Lucía Corpacci met last week to address the situation of the growing problem of gambling addiction.
In the latest meeting Senator Corpacci expressed her concern that the bill put forward last year to help prevent gambling addiction and gambling related harm is losing momentum: “We are very worried because the committees are not meeting to discuss this issue, and the project will lose its parliamentary status if we continue like this.”
Corpacci underscored the severity of the situation: “There was a range of speakers with differing views, but they all agreed on the importance of addressing this topic for our children and youth, particularly for the children who are already gambling in illegal games at the age of ten. As legislators, we must provide a response.”
Senator Corpacci called for the General Legislation and Justice committees to convene so that a plenary session can be formed and progress can be made on the issue. “This project was submitted in November of last year. If we do not act now, it will lose its parliamentary status by the end of the year,” she said.
Also present at the meeting was the Executive Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral Care in Argentina, Fernando Barilatti. In his speech, Barilatti recalled the document “Gambling is not a game,” published by the Social Pastoral Commission in July 2024, and prepared with the input of more than 50 teams from across the country, in which they expressed “deep concern about the rise of online gambling and its consequences for communities, neighbourhoods, and schools.”
Concerns over underage gambling have led to moves to impose a new national online gambling policy. However the bill outlining these measures faces an uncertain future. The proposed legislation, if approved by the Senate, would ban advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of online gambling across all media platforms, including social media and sporting events. It would also prohibit welcome bonuses, mandate biometric verification for user identity and age confirmation, and impose several other restrictive measures on online gaming operators.
After the House of Deputies initially approved the bill in November 2024, it was revealed that President Javier Milei planned to veto it if it passes the Senate. According to reports in local press, Milei’s government has been working on a new, less restrictive bill focused on preventing gambling addiction, which primarily aims to prohibit advertising for unlicensed platforms and protect minors, without imposing significant advertising restrictions.
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The Senate Health Commission, chaired by Senator Lucía Corpacci met last week to address the situation of the growing problem of gambling addiction. In the latest meeting Senator Corpacci expressed her concern that the bill put forward last year to help prevent gambling addiction and gambling related harm is losing momentum: “We are very worried…
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