African gaming figures debate steps towards regulatory harmonisation

Gonzalo Atanasof, president of the Buenos Aires Provincial Lottery and Casinos Institute, called for debate on sports figures’ role in betting advertising and possible broadcast time bands. He argued that fully prohibiting advertising by authorised platforms could encourage illegal gambling promotion, and said the province had filed more than 80 judicial complaints over promotion of unauthorised sites.

Gonzalo Atanasof, president of the Buenos Aires Provincial Lottery and Casinos Institute (IPLyC), has called for a debate on the role of sports figures in betting advertising and on possible time bands for broadcasts, the institute said. Atanasof said the question was whether sports figures whom children idolise should front betting platforms, and whether time bands should apply to such messages. He described the intervention as an invitation to debate rather than a fixed proposal, covering both who appears in adverts and when they are shown.