Castelli mayor Francisco Echarren sent a draft ordinance to the municipal council seeking to prohibit online betting sites in the Argentine municipality. Echarren said the proposal aims to protect young people; the council must consider the measure before it can take effect.
If approved, the municipal proposal would restrict online betting access in Castelli, affecting operators serving the area.
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sent cease-and-desist letters to 14 gambling websites, targeting offshore sportsbook and casino operators and dual-currency sweepstakes operators. Ellison said the sites may violate state law and consumer-protection rules; the state’s Department of Public Safety had sent letters to the same operators in June.
Cuiabá’s mayor issued a municipal decree banning sports-betting advertising. The measure, which still requires implementing rules, targets billboards and panels in public streets and spaces.
London Assembly member Caroline Russell has asked Mayor Sadiq Khan when he will bring forward plans to ban gambling advertising across Transport for London’s network, following a commitment in his 2021 manifesto. Khan said he needs more detail about the Government’s plans before changing TfL policy.
The Brazilian Football Confederation said it would send a lawyer, rather than president Samir Xaud, to a public hearing called by Supreme Court minister Luiz Fux for 3 November at 10:00. The hearing concerns challenges to a provisional measure that prohibited betting operators from operating in Brazil. Clubs including Flamengo, Fluminense, Cruzeiro, Corinthians and São Paulo plan to press for a longer transition period if the measure is not revoked.
A public hearing on the ban on betting operators in Brazil was convened by Supreme Court minister Luiz Fux. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) will be represented at that meeting by a lawyer, not by its president, Samir Xaud. The session is set for Monday (3/11), at 10h, at the STF. Fux is the rapporteur of the process that asks for the suspension of the provisional measure that prohibited betting houses from operating in the country.
Reportedly, Bulgaria’s government is seeking a complete prohibition on gambling advertising. It sent the proposed legislation to the European Commission.