Sports betting is an increasingly growing problem in Argentina, which has a framework insufficient legislative to address various consequences such as such as match-fixing or gambling in young people. In this context, the Buenos Aires legislator Facundo Del Gaiso (Civic Coalition) presented a project for the AFA to incorporate declarations as a requirement annual asset jury for professional soccer referees.
The objective of the legislative proposal is prevent and detect illicit enrichment by arbitratorsin order to achieve a greater transparency in Argentine football and protect the interests of the clubs. “The situation of the arbitrations is worrying. We must investigate what the financial situation of these judges because some cannot justify their standard of living based on the income they have from their work,” Del Gaiso explained.
With the aim of being able to control this situation, legislator Del Gaiso presented a project in the Buenos Aires legislature that requests that the Argentine Football Association (AFA), directed by Claudio Chiqui Tapia, demand from referees a annual sworn declaration of assets.
“Now not only one team can go back, but the referees and the entire football ecosystem are involved. Clubs linked to important AFA leaders are favored and we have to start looking at these types of situations with different eyes. For example, analyze what happens with these arbitrations, if they are awarded and end up being international from one day to the next.“explained the legislator.
In this vein, Del Gaiso added: “It is necessary for the AFA to adopt measures that guarantee transparency in Argentine soccer, which is the sport with the greatest roots in our society. Affidavits of assets are a necessary and indispensable tool for our football to continue to be an area for social and family gatherings.”.
On the other hand, and in the same line as the legislator of the Civic Coalition, Javier Alberto Castrillia reference in national and international arbitration, analyzed: “Currently, Argentine arbitration is in a network of corruption. “From when they start in lower categories until they become international.”
Online casinos: Deputies seek to advance with a bill to combat gambling addiction
In the same scenario, the Chamber of Deputies seeks to obtain an opinion to debate a bill to regulate the activity of online casinos and betting houses in the country. There will be 5 commissions that will participate in the plenary session among which are Addiction Prevention and Drug Trafficking Control, Social Action and Public Health, Communications and IT, Criminal Legislation and Families, Children and Youth.
The intention of the president of Addiction Prevention, Monica Fradeis to issue the opinion in plenary. However, it will not be an easy task since this will require the signature of more than half of the members of each of the five commissions.
The Current legislation prohibits those under 18 years of age from gambling. However, the proliferation of digital platforms for placing bets, the absence of effective registration controls in them, the appearance of numerous electronic wallets that allow minors to associate them with their family members’ credit cards and the constant advertising of content creators , they created a breeding ground that fueled an increasingly growing problem.
The ruling will seek to restrict advertising and regulate the participation of cultural and sports leaders who promote these platforms. Another key point that deputies will seek to debate is the limitation of the payment methods used by minors, with the aim of limiting the possibilities of associating a credit card belonging to their relatives to a virtual wallet.
One of the projects that will be taken as a basis will be the initiative designed by the legislator of the Civic Coalition, Maximiliano Ferraroto which other contributions included in various initiatives linked to the IT area.
Source: Ambito
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