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The Councilor for Consumption of the City Council of Cieza, Francisco Saorín, shows his "great satisfaction" for the efforts of Minister Alberto Garzón to carry out a regulation "fully necessary, which tackles burning problems."In a press release, the Councilor for Consumption of the City Council of Cieza, Francisco Saorín, has shown his "great satisfaction" for the approval last Tuesday in the Council of Ministers of the so-called Royal Decree of commercial communications of gambling activities, prepared by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, a rule "fully necessary, which tackles burning problems and ends the self-serving laziness caused by other political formations not to act in this regard."For Saorín, actions of this nature with one of the most complete and advanced regulations in Europe to regulate the advertising of betting and gambling, "are a good example of how the Government seeks to carry out concrete measures that protect people and most vulnerable groups "."Saorín underlines the priority, much more in this stage of health, social and economic alarm due to the Covid-19 pandemic, of meeting the needs of those who have so far endured deliberate political inaction in the face of their problems, on the one hand, and the impunity for those who take advantage of it to obtain juicy benefits at the expense of the well-being of the majority ".Saorín congratulates the Minister of Consumption for his "determination" when it comes to "putting an end to the law of the jungle" that has characterized the gambling sector until now in terms of the regulation of its advertising."We are decidedly in favor of economic development and progress in any sector, but no one can pretend to do business at the cost of endangering public health, in this case seriously increasing the problems generated by gambling," said the councilor.The mayor has stressed that "both this and other types of addictions have a special incidence not only among the most vulnerable groups of the working class, but that it is directed deliberately and seeks to spread precisely in the most disadvantaged environments and neighborhoods.

Its effects They end up paying young people or those with less income, whose problems are aggravated.

Responsibility and political work are there to avoid it.

"Measures such as this Royal Decree on commercial communications for gambling activities "are not the result of any whim", but "are the result of analysis and reflection on the reality of our country."In the last decade, companies in the gaming sector have substantially increased the money they spend on advertising, promotion and sponsorship in a market without regulation in this matter so far.

For Saorín, "the concrete data is there: while the funds dedicated to promoting the game at all costs have tripled in the last four years, the consumption of games of chance among young people between 18 and 25 years old exceeded 28% of new players in this age group in 2017, to increase 12 points and reach 40% just two years later ".Finally, the Consumption Councilor of the Ciezano consistory has highlighted that, to protect working families on television and radio, betting advertising will only be allowed in the time slot from 1am to 5am, and even then those messages will be regulated to prevent promote compulsive consumption.

In the rest of the hours, total prohibition.

All advertising displayed on the internet, from web pages to social networks, including online press, will also be prohibited.

Likewise, the sponsorship of betting companies in sports facilities, team or club names and of course on shirts will be prohibited.

Football, for example, will be free of this publicity and the spectators will not see it anymore.

Finally, among many other measures,the prohibition of deposit bonuses by gaming operators is included.

That is, the welcome "money" to attract customers and get them to "stay.""Ultimately, a strict regime to protect working families that came into force last Wednesday.

Since then, new gambling advertising contracts will not be possible and existing contracts will have to be terminated before the end of this season," he said.

concluded Saorín.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza