Source: Kansspelcommissie (Belgium)
Belgium’s Kansspelcommissie said it published advice on a bill proposing measures to protect players and strengthen the commission’s oversight capacity. The advice concerns bill 56K0230001.
The bill could change player-protection requirements and the commission’s oversight of gambling operators.
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Belgium’s Gaming Commission says its Excluded Persons Information System records excluded players and is used to check access to casinos, slot machine arcades and betting. Exclusions can be requested by players or interested third parties, imposed by a court, or applied automatically to some professions; provisional administrators can also submit an application by letter.
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Cyprus is seeking to strengthen its safer gambling framework through action against illegal operators and greater use of technology to identify gambling-related harm, according to the report. The measures were discussed at the country's 9th Safer Gambling Conference, where National Betting Authority chairman Panayiotis... spoke.
Cyprus is looking to reinforce its safer gambling framework by combining more stringent measures against illegal operators with increased use of technology to detect gambling-related harm. The National Betting Authority chairman, Panayiotis, addressed the country’s ninth Safer Gambling Conference regarding these matters.