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Buenos Aires Chamber creates committee for gambling and lottery issues

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The Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies approved a permanent committee covering gambling, lotteries and gambling-harm prevention. The new body will prioritise proposals on regulation, authorisation, oversight, advertising and sponsorship, including online betting and digital platforms.

The Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies approved a permanent committee to give priority to proposals on gambling, lotteries and gambling-harm prevention.

The committee is expected to give opinions on gambling regulation, authorisation and oversight, including online betting and digital platforms. Its remit is expected to cover gambling advertising, promotion and sponsorship.

The committee is intended to address an accumulation of legislative proposals and give them specialised consideration. It will reportedly organise and review proposals that had not reached the chamber, as well as handle new proposals on gambling's social effects and regulation. The chamber, chaired by Alejandro Dichiara, approved the resolution establishing the committee.

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