LOTBA will hold responsible gambling awareness activities across Buenos Aires from 17 to 22 February. The regulator said events at the Palermo Racecourse and Puerto Madero Casino will accompany campaigns promoting help lines and player-protection tools.
Operators and venues in Buenos Aires are among the locations involved in the regulator’s planned awareness activities.
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Buenos Aires province’s Chamber of Deputies is due to consider a proposed online betting regime in committee on 12 November, the initiative’s sponsors Facundo Tignanelli and Micaela Olivetto said. The bill would require real-time facial verification and 100% national capital for licensees, restrict advertising and ban promotional incentives; it could receive a committee opinion.
A Buenos Aires province legislative committee is due to debate a bill on 12 November that would change the conditions for authorised online betting platforms. The bill, sponsored by Fuerza Patria deputies Facundo Tignanelli and Micaela Olivetto, could receive a committee opinion at the meeting.
Kaizen Gaming said proposed restrictions in Buenos Aires province, including a bill to prohibit online gambling, could drive players to illegal offshore sites. Regulatory affairs senior manager Gabriel Buenos said the company supports player-protection measures but believes proposals should be assessed for their effect on the regulated market. He also cited estimates that offshore sites account for 80% of online gambling in Argentina.
Kaizen Gaming cautioned that plans to prohibit internet betting in Buenos Aires province risk sending more players to illegal offshore sites. Gabriel Buenos, a senior regulatory affairs manager at Kaizen Gaming, said the operator favours strong regulation but cautioned against steps that would send more players offshore. The company's Betano brand holds a licence in the province.
Buenos Aires provincial deputy Roberto Vázquez proposed a bill to charge users to access online betting platforms and gambling venues, according to the report. The digital fee would equal ten minimum bets for the relevant game, and proceeds would fund prevention, diagnosis, treatment, research and training; the proposal also includes play limits, activity alerts, user identification and self-exclusion options.
Lawmakers in Buenos Aires Province are considering a bill to prohibit online sports betting and casino games, while a separate proposal combines 27 initiatives on gambling regulation. The second proposal includes tighter advertising rules, biometric identity checks and measures against illegal gambling; it may advance by the end of the legislative year. No voting date has been set for the proposed ban.
Buenos Aires Province is considering two proposals on online gambling, five years after the first regulated operators began operating there. Senator Federico Fagioli has introduced a bill that would ban online sports betting and casino games across the province. Separately, the provincial Chamber of Deputies is developing a regulatory proposal that combines 27 initiatives. No voting date has been set for Fagioli's bill, while the regulatory proposal is intended to move forward by the end of the legislative year.
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.