Deputy Emilio Delgado said that current gaming laws date back to 1995 and that the sector has changed radically since then. As a result, important changes are required such as preventing as many as five establishments in a single street or near schools.
“Since 2014 the number of sports betting shops has increased by 140 percent. The current law has become obsolete. . .” he said. The party also argues that unlike almost all of the other autonomous communities in Spain there are no planning regulations in place when it comes to gambling halls in Madrid.
In addition, there is a lack of regulation when it comes to advertising as well as insufficient player protection measures and resources in place to help those who have become addicted to gaming. As a result, the Podemos Party has put forward a raft of new measures designed to combat the problems of pathological gambling such as the creation of a Gaming Council in the Community of Madrid.
The Assembly of Madrid is the regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, which is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. The party is planning to take their proposals to a number of district boards in the city in order to broaden the debate to the municipalities of the Community. Once this is completed, the party will first attempt to push the new law forward in a plenary session in the City Council of Madrid.
Source GMB / G3 Newswire
