In Uruguay, legislators have reportedly passed proposed legislation that would ban most online gambling including poker, roulette and video slots while giving the South American nation’s executive branch control over all types of sportsbetting.

According to a report from G3 Newswire, the proposal from the governing Broad Front political party was approved by the 99-member Chamber of Deputies and is now set to be put to a vote before the upper Chamber of Senators.

G3 Newswire reported that the controversial prohibition is part of the much larger Accountability Law, which was proposed by President Tabare Vazquez and is an attempt to improve fiscal transparency and accountability practices so as to balance the federal budget and support growth. Despite receiving consent from …