Source: ÚRHH (Slovakia)
Slovakia’s Office for the Regulation of Gambling offers free educational talks to secondary-school students about gambling and its risks. The programme, launched in November 2024, addresses marketing aimed at young people and seeks to promote responsible decisions about gambling.
The talks give schools a regulator-led resource on gambling risks and marketing aimed at young people.
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The Arizona Department of Gaming has launched a free, self-paced responsible gambling training programme available online. It covers gambling risks and how problem gambling differs from positive play, with three phases offering around three hours of content. The department will hold a webinar on 28 April.
Fondazione FAIR launched its 2026 research programme in Italy, offering a €50,000 grant for one independent responsible-gambling project lasting 12 to 24 months. Applications from eligible Italian universities and research bodies are open until 16 November 2026, with proposals assessed by the foundation’s scientific committee.
Texas lawmakers filed resolutions on 9 November proposing constitutional amendments that would let voters decide on casino gaming and in-person sports betting at an election on 2 November 2027. The proposals would permit up to 10 casino licences and cap operator taxes at 15%; a separate Senate resolution would allow the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to offer gaming through a state-tribal compact.
Texas Representative Charlie Geren and Senator Carol Alvarado filed resolutions proposing a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to permit and regulate casino gaming and sports betting. The proposals would cap casino licences at 10 and set a 15% tax on revenue; a vote on 2 November 2027 would follow only if both chambers approve the measures.
Texas voters could decide whether to amend the constitution to legalise casino gaming and sports betting under joint resolutions filed by lawmakers, according to the source. Republican Representative Charlie Geren filed House Joint Resolution 52, while Democrat Senator Carol Alvarado filed Senate Joint Resolution 11. Both resolutions propose a statewide vote on 2 November 2027 if both chambers of the Texas legislature approve them.
Argentina’s Senate is due to debate online betting regulation in the coming weeks, Senator Patricia Bullrich said. Two proposals are pending: one partially approved by the Chamber of Deputies in November 2024 and another introduced by President Javier Milei in May 2026; Deputy Mónica Frade warned that delay could jeopardise the first bill.
Argentina’s Senate will discuss legislation to regulate online betting and prevent problem gambling among children and adolescents in the coming weeks.