A bill has been presented in the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires to ban the presence of ATMs in land-based gambling venues.
According to SBC Noticias, Legislator Daniela Reich’s proposal covers “bingo halls and casinos, slot machine rooms, racetracks or any public area in which bets are made for money or any other means of payment”.
Reich stated: “Considering the immediate availability of money as a concrete action that encourages compulsive gambling, we propose that the prohibition be through a law, with concrete and temporary effect, so that the executive branch can comply with its effective implementation within a period of two months.”
The proposal to prohibit ATMs at casinos follows a measure taken by Governor Axel Kicillof in 2022 which enabled electronic payment methods, repealing a 2016 decision of the previous administration which removed them from gaming halls.
However, the 2022 measure was reversed by Resolution 693, which was published in the Official Gazette on April 20 that same year.
Back then, the authorities decided to “suspend the application of the scope of RESO-2022-447-GDEBA-IPLYCMJGM, signed on March 16, 2022, until the authorised Gaming Rooms in the Province of Buenos Aires resolve the operational issues involved in its implementation, based on the factual and of law set forth in the preceding recitals.”
