Yesterday the Gambling Law promoted by the Department of Energy Transition directed by Yllanes has been approved in Parliament and the Socialists have included an amendment against their partners from Pacto, Més and Podemos, where "advertising in brochures and publicity is allowed dynamics of the casino and its complementary services in tourist establishments in general, ports and airports".
The argument of the socialists is that between 70% and 90% of the clients of the casinos are tourists and therefore it does not affect the residents. Juan Pedro Yllanes has declared in the rostrum: "I accept that this is the parliamentary game, despite the fact that we do not share this exception. I doubt very much that an airport is the appropriate place and is considered a tourist area, since airports also pass tourists, and they will see the advertising".
The deputy of the PSIB Irene Triay has justified the exception in the fact that the unions had expressed their concern about the jobs. "People work in casinos and the PSIB has always defended the workers," she pointed out.
According to Triay, 70 percent of casino customers in Mallorca are tourists and in Menorca and Ibiza this percentage rises to 90 percent. The deputy concluded by stating that "the enemy is online gambling".
On this, the deputies of United We Can have displayed posters in their seats with the legend "gambling is not a game for residents or tourists."
The PP deputy Sebastià Sagreras has admitted that he "would also be upset" if one of his partners had lowered a law issued by the Government Council. The new regulation increases to 500 meters the distance from game rooms to educational and social health centers, including nurseries, and establishes a minimum distance between premises of 500 meters both in Palma and in the rest of the municipalities, after approving an amendment of The PI.
The rule also sets the ceiling on the current ratio of gambling halls and specific betting venues in the territory of the archipelago, which is limited to the state average of 75 per million inhabitants registered in the autonomous community. The Balearic Islands currently stands at 120 per million inhabitants. The law also regulates the signs and elements that cover the facades of gambling establishments and determines that the most striking ones will have to be removed, reports Europa Press.
