Italy’s health minister’s 2024 annual report to Parliament on measures addressing alcohol-related problems also covers other forms of dependency, including gambling. The report concerns interventions under Law 125 of 30 March 2001.
The report places gambling-related dependency within the health ministry’s account of addiction policy.
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Tucumán’s Caja Popular de Ahorros transferred funds generated by gambling to the provincial Ministry of Public Health under Law 5115. Officials did not disclose the amount; the transfer follows audits that identified alleged unpaid transfers exceeding US$2.1m for 2020–2023.
The Caja Popular de Ahorros de Tucumán has transferred funds to the province's Ministry of Public Health under Law 5115, which allocates a share of the proceeds from gambling to the provincial health system and social assistance programmes. The deposit was formalised at a working meeting led by health minister Luis Medina Ruiz and the Caja Popular's interventor, Guillermo Norry. The amount of the new transfer was not officially disclosed.
Spain’s Ministry of Health reported that gambling participation among people aged 15 to 64 fell from 60.2% in 2018 to 53.8% in 2024. In-person participation declined from 59.5% to 52.9%, while online participation rose from 3.5% to 5.5%; the ministry’s figures include lotteries and quinielas in the in-person category.
Brazil’s Health Ministry reported 291 recorded answers to a question about whether users of its betting-related telehealth service used platforms authorised by the Finance Ministry. Of those, 109 identified unauthorised platforms, 99 authorised platforms and 83 could not say; the ministry did not specify the period covered by the responses.
Argentina’s Decree 771/2026 added the prevention and treatment of gambling disorder to the Health Ministry’s responsibilities. Signed by President Javier Milei, the measure provides for prevention, awareness, training, research and a comprehensive approach to problem gambling.
Reportedly, Argentina's government has assigned problem gambling responsibilities to the Health Ministry through Decree 771/2026. The ministry's remit includes prevention, treatment, training, research and public awareness campaigns.