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Bingo industry group calls for controls on social bingo in the Basque Country

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Fernando Henar, president of Spain's Confederation of Bingo Entrepreneurs, called for controls on bingo in older people's centres as the Basque Country considers a gambling-law reform. He proposed age exclusions, limits on sessions, hours, stakes and prizes, transaction records, reporting to authorities and basic training to identify problem gambling.

Any new rules could affect the conditions under which social bingo operates alongside licensed bingo halls.

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Canary Islands draft proposes combined bingo-machine limits with admission controls

InfoPlay reported on a proposed Canary Islands gambling decree following a generally favourable advisory opinion dated 7 September. Bingo halls would have a combined allowance of 26 B1, B2 and B3 machines, rising with capacity to an absolute ceiling of 30 machines or player positions. Placement beyond reception would require admission controls and must not disrupt bingo.

The Consejo Consultivo de Canarias issued its Dictamen 317/2026 on 7 September on the draft decree with which the Canary Islands government intends to consolidate the planning of games and betting in the archipelago into a single rule. The opinion is favourable in general terms, according to the opinion, but includes legal and technical observations on specific parts of the future regulation.

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