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 Ap..