Argentina tasks civic committees to propose federal bill on gambling protections

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 8:08 PM
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  • Ted Menmuir, SBC News

The Chamber of Deputies of Argentina has announced the principal stakeholders/committees in establishing a federal framework to “reduce gambling harms and eliminating pathological behaviours.”

On Wednesday, 13 November, a new “working project” will commence to establish federal protections, standards, and rights to combat gambling harms.

The project will involve input from five Argentine civic committees on “Addiction Prevention and Drug Trafficking Control, Social Action and Public Health, Communications and Information Technology, Criminal Legislation, and Families, Children, and Youth.”

These five committees are tasked with agreeing on the policies for a federal bill to be urgently voted on by the House of Representatives, aiming to supersede state laws on gambling.