Tag Archives: Lucia Mourino

Uruguay moves forward on online gambling ambitions

SBC News Uruguay moves forward on online gambling ambitions

Lucía Mouriño, Editor of SBC Noticias, provides an on-the-ground perspective of Uruguay’s ambitions and domestic hurdles to legislate and formalise an online gambling marketplace.   The Finance Commission of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay has approved an online gambling policy project recently unveiled by the Executive branch.  A bill that seeks to launch an online gambling marketplace has now …

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Approval of Debit Card use divides Buenos Aires on Safer Gambling duties

SBC News Approval of Debit Card use divides Buenos Aires on Safer Gambling duties

The government of the Province of Buenos Aires has authorized the use of electronic payments, leading to casinos now being able to accept debit card use. As a response, different groups argued that this approval could lead to problem gambling issues. Through a new measure from the Provincial Institute of Lotteries and Casinos (IPLyC), the regulator of Argentina’s biggest jurisdiction …

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Congress of Chile urged to impose advertising ban ahead of gambling resolutions

SBC News Congress of Chile urged to impose advertising ban ahead of gambling resolutions

The National Congress of Chile has been notified that Coquimbo region representative Marco Antonio Sulantay will present a bill seeking to impose an outright ‘betting advertising ban of sports events and teams’. Yet to be submitted to the Lower House , the bill drafted by the Coquimbo deputy  seeks to prohibit Chiliean media and sports clubs, (in particular football teams) …

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