Mikel López de Torre, president of the Spanish Association of Digital Gambling (Jdigital), has shared an interesting reflection that questions the measure adopted by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs by prohibiting online gambling advertising. López de Torre points out that if the Minister himself admits that there has been no increase in gambling during confinement and that gambling is not a public health problem, how is this decision sustained?
Here is the reflection of the President of JDIGITAL:
According to the National Plan on Drugs, in Spain 6% of the population has alcoholism. A study by Gelt reports that alcohol sales have soared: 80% in the case of beer, 60% in the case of wine, and 36% in the case of high-grade beverages. No regulations have been announced in this regard.
By contrast, according to the same National Drug Plan, 0.3% of the Spanish population has pathological gambling. The Minister himself acknowledged in his first speech that there is no public health problem in Spain with gambling. And, while presenting the decree, he recognized that the game has not increased during confinement but has changed the pattern of consumption. And here we are. Without commercial communications.
The prohibition to make commercial communications is arbitrary, unjustifiable using objective data, and threatens a legal and well-regulated sector, for ideological and / or political reasons. The state of alarm should not serve to campaign and impose a political agenda. What is unquestionable is that this has nothing to do with concern for public health and risk groups. Illegal operators roam freely, free from the limitations imposed on us and from any consumer protection measure.
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About Jdigital
Jdigital is a non-profit association whose main objective is to look after the interests of the online gaming industry in Spain, whether they are users or providers of gaming. Therefore,
Jdigital focuses its work on achieving a positive competitive regulation that allows the development of an open, safe and consistent market with the activity of e-commerce and the Internet.
Further information:
http://www.jdigital.es/
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