France’s gambling regulator, the ANJ, introduced a redesigned online service for voluntary self-exclusion. The system simplifies registration, strengthens identity verification and reduces the process to one step, the regulator said.
Operators serving France may need to account for the updated self-exclusion process and identity checks.
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The Region of Murcia’s draft 2026 decree would require identity checks before anyone enters casinos, bingo halls, gaming halls and betting shops, including their bar or café areas, according to the report. Prepared by the Region’s tax agency, the proposal sets data-retention periods of six months for casinos and bingo halls and 12 months for gaming halls and betting shops, and would restrict exterior signage. The measures remain subject to the decree’s approval and final wording.
The Region of Murcia is preparing a joint reform of five regional gambling regulations that would require identity checks before entry to casinos, gaming halls, bingo halls and betting shops, according to the report. The draft 2026 decree, prepared by the Region of Murcia's tax agency, would extend the checks to bar and café areas, including for visitors who do not intend to gamble. No person would be able to enter a venue or its bar or café areas without first proving identity by DNI, passport, foreigner identity card or driving licence.
Vietnam’s amended security and public-order rules allow casinos, electronic gaming businesses serving foreigners and betting operators to check customer information through VNeID from 15 November. The rules retain requirements to keep customer registers and prevent people who do not meet eligibility criteria from gambling. They also bar employment of people with unexpunged convictions for specified gambling-related offences and loan-sharking.
From 15 November, VNeID will become an accepted way for casinos in Vietnam to check who their customers are. The national digital identification app is being added as an option under amended security and public-order rules that the government issued on 20 October, as reported by its legal information portal. Casinos, electronic gaming businesses serving foreigners and betting operators all fall within the scope of the changes.
Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission is reportedly considering a unified system to verify online gambling players, potentially using a government platform. The proposal aims to address concerns that separate operator checks allow people to open multiple accounts using different identities. The commission is also reportedly reviewing loyalty schemes, bonuses and hospitality for high-value customers.
Greece's Hellenic Gaming Commission is reportedly considering an overhaul of how online gambling players' identities are verified, with the aim of strengthening supervision of the country's online betting sector. The commission is looking at creating a unified player verification system, possibly through a government platform, according to the report.
Illinois has proposed identity checks for video gambling machine voucher purchases, according to the headline and feed snippet. The proposal would stop machines from accepting cash directly and require checks of purchasers’ age and self-exclusion status.
Greece’s EEEP is reviewing online player identification and VIP programmes. Greek press reports say the regulator sent questionnaires to all 18 licensed operators about programme rules, player numbers and benefits. Reports also describe a possible central identity check using government services, which would require a legal basis.
Greece's EEEP, the Hellenic Commission for the Supervision and Control of Gambling, is examining how licensed online operators identify users and how they run programmes for VIP players, according to Greek press reports. The regulator has sent questionnaires to all 18 licensed operators, the reports say. The review covers both player identification procedures and the programmes reserved for high-value customers.