Buenos Aires gambling regulator LOTBA introduced LoterÍA, an artificial intelligence platform developed with Microsoft. LOTBA said the tool is intended to support its teams, improve decision-making and help identify unauthorised gambling platforms.
The platform is intended to strengthen LOTBA’s monitoring of unauthorised gambling and its work on illegal betting involving minors.
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The Buenos Aires Province Legislature passed a law regulating mobile phone and screen use in primary and secondary schools. The bill, introduced by provincial lawmaker Martín Rozas, covers students aged six to 17 and requires schools to educate pupils on screen-time risks and illegal online betting. Rozas said the measure gives adolescents a safer space within educational institutions.
Argentina's casino administration and services union AMS has questioned the IPLyC's estimate that 80% of online gambling in Buenos Aires province is illegal, its general secretary Roberto Páez told Extra Radio 102.1. Páez said the union's figures are far from the official data but gave no alternative numbers, and called for a specialised prosecutor's office and worker involvement in the regulatory debate. IPLyC president Gonzalo Atanasof told provincial legislators the illegal market is worth about US$3.6bn.
Ida López, president of the Argentine association of state lotteries, pools and casinos (ALEA), defended regulation of betting in Buenos Aires after a senator proposed a so-called
Ida López, president of the Argentine association of state lotteries, pools and casinos (ALEA), commented on the "Lei Lula" proposal presented in Buenos Aires, which seeks to prohibit online betting.
Neighbourhood clubs in Buenos Aires province have publicly backed a major online gambling bill presented by provincial deputies. The clubs announced their support for the proposed legislation.
Neighbourhood clubs in Buenos Aires province have publicly backed an online gambling bill presented by provincial deputies Facundo Tignanelli and Micaela Olivetto, according to the report. The bill seeks to regulate the sector in the province.
Senator Federico Fagioli of Patria Grande presented a bill in Buenos Aires province to prohibit online betting, according to the report. The proposal would repeal the 2018 law regulating online gambling, halt deposits and play, return available user balances and exclude traditional lotteries, quinielas and draws.