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Argentina social groups criticise Senate delay on online gambling advertising bill

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Argentina’s Senate has yet to consider a bill on online gambling advertising, despite its approval by the Chamber of Deputies a year earlier. Munir Bracco of the Pastoral Social criticised the delay and warned about advertising’s potential effects on children and adolescents; a separate resolution published in early November sets advertising requirements.

The Senate’s delay leaves the proposed advertising law’s legislative status unresolved while a separate advertising regime is in place.

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Cambridge study finds social gambling ads reach young men more often in Ireland

A University of Cambridge study carried out with Munster Technological University found that gambling adverts on social media reached young men more than twice as often as women, even when campaigns targeted wider audiences. Researchers analysed more than 400 adverts and reported that people aged 25 to 34 accounted for around a third of impressions; the article links the findings to Ireland’s new regulatory system under the 2024 Gambling Regulation Act.

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