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Brazilian Chamber approves urgency for gambling addiction assistance bill

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Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved urgent consideration on 22 April for Bill 4583/24, which would establish a national assistance programme for people affected by gambling disorder. The proposal includes health and social support, protections for minors, platform data for epidemiological analysis and funding from taxes on betting platforms, according to the bill’s sponsor, Ruy Carneiro.

If enacted, the proposal would set out care, monitoring and funding obligations relevant to betting platforms.

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Italian chamber assigns minors’ digital health bill to social affairs committee

The Chamber of Deputies assigned Gian Antonio Girelli’s bill on minors’ digital health to its Social Affairs Committee on 3 November 2026, according to the report. The proposal covers prevention of problematic or compulsive video game use and would establish a three-year national plan; it is at first reading.

The Chamber of Deputies has assigned bill A.C. 3079, brought by Partito Democratico deputy Gian Antonio Girelli, to its Social Affairs Committee (XII) as the lead committee. The assignment, which starts parliamentary examination of the bill, took place on 3 November 2026.

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