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Misiones lawmakers advance online gambling harm-prevention bill

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Committees of the Misiones Chamber of Deputies have issued a favourable opinion on a unified bill to protect children and adolescents online and prevent problem gambling. The proposal includes provincial controls on online betting advertising and sponsorship, a communications register and prevention fund, alongside education, assistance and risk-detection measures; it would now proceed through the legislative process.

If enacted, the bill would set provincial requirements for online betting promotion and prevention measures for young people.

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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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