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AGCO standards require Ontario operators to offer breaks and self-exclusion

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Source: AGCO (Ontario)

The AGCO’s Ontario standards require operators to offer short-term breaks in play and site-based self-exclusion. The requirements include breaks of one day, one week, one month, two months or three months, and exclusion terms of six months, one year and five years; operators must also participate in the Centralized Self-Exclusion Program.

Operators must provide specified time-out and exclusion options and prevent excluded players from accessing their sites.

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