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Lazio allocates €300,000 annually for gambling-harm prevention activities

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A Lazio regional law published on 29 August sets annual funding of €300,000 for 2025–2027 for an observatory and regional initiatives addressing usury, extortion and gambling. The law also changes the observatory’s composition and allows state administration representatives to participate under agreements with their administrations.

The allocation supports regional bodies and initiatives addressing gambling alongside usury and extortion.

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Rio de Janeiro city council advances online betting harm-prevention programme

Rio de Janeiro’s city council approved the first reading of bill PL 3667/2024 on 4 November, proposing a programme to prevent harm from online betting and gambling disorder. The proposal includes a permanent awareness campaign, bars sports-betting advertising aimed at children and adolescents, and is due to return for a second vote.

In a first discussion held on Wednesday (04/11), Rio's city chamber passed PL 3667/2024. Its purpose is to establish a programme for preventing the effects of online betting and for fighting ludopathy. The project will go back on the agenda for a second vote.

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