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My name is Irene and I'm in charge of my team, Sperry Oilers.

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We have listened to your arguments with weight index, but we have some objections.

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First, you mentioned that adhesion is harmful and other health related issues.

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However, everything in the right amount is good.

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Even fats, alcohol and sugar is bad in its taste and can cause adhesion.

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But we cannot ban everything that can be harmful for us if we are not responsible enough.

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Second, you said about economical, social and personal things.

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And yes, we have considered that.

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And because of that, we should control less but not ban.

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Finally, you said that it leads to poor population.

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But there are other activities that society accepts that are about spending money and

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helping us in physical exchange, for example, going to cinema or a sport game.

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But online gambling should be any different.

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It's about the joy and people that enjoy this.

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It's people's decision what they do or do not with their money.

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And also, you mentioned about minors. Minors gambling online is a real problem, but we should educate them and not ban this, because banning will only make this insecure for them.

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Now, let me remind you our two main arguments and why we stand against the motion.

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First, personal freedom. Besides being an enterprise, online gambling is also an activity that people enjoy and have fun with.

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In a democratic country like ours, governments should tell people what to do or don't with their own money.

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Second, culture of gambling. Online gambling was first regulated in Spain in 2011 by means of the Gambling Act.

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Okay, and ever since the economic growth, there's some graphics about the Spanish bookmarks

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that make more money, and the second one is Codere, which is online.

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And it's growing since 2017 because it's online, and that means that it has evolved and it's more modern.

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Second, why banning if we can take advantage of these bookmarks?

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Here in the book Time of Love of Robert A. Trimley, he said,

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Every general tradition creates its books' legends.

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This has happened multiple times. In 1933, in the USA, alcohol was prohibited, but as it shows in these graphics, the amount of alcohol consumed was almost the same.

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This is because people will do the exact same thing, even if it is prohibited or not, but it is in our hands to make it secure and regulated or illegal and dangerous.

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So that's all. Thank you for your time.