The Assembly of the Republic has debated four bills aimed at prohibiting gambling advertising during the day.

The four bills debated in the Assembly of the Republic – by the Left Bloc, PCP, PAN and by the non-registered deputy Cristina Rodrigues – all suggest the ban on advertising of gambling and betting between 07:00 and 22:30, similar to the rules regarding alcoholic beverages, with the Left Bloc also calling for the end of advertising about instant lotteries, in reference to scratch cards.

Deputy Isabel Pires, from the Left Bloc, indicated that the party’s proposal aims to “give the force of law to what has been understood as only a recommendation in the sector’s self-regulation agreement”, also extending the “restrictions to the online format, which entails increased risks, and which had clear growth driven by the pandemic”.