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HGC requires Greek gambling licensees to provide player control tools

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Source: Hellenic Gaming Commission

Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) says gambling licensees must apply responsible gambling measures to protect players from excessive participation. Required tools include deposit, loss and time limits, self-exclusion options, activity monitoring and measures to identify and address risk.

Licensees are expected to provide defined controls and monitoring tools to help limit excessive gambling.

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Spain requires online operators to verify payment methods match player accounts from 28 October

Spain's Real Decreto 813/2026, published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 8 October, requires online gambling operators from 28 October to check that the card or account used for deposits and withdrawals belongs to the holder of the gambling account. Existing customers have six months to complete the check; until then they may deposit and play but winnings stay on the account, after which the operator terminates the contract, notifies the regulator and returns the balance including winnings. Reported by Jamma.

Spain will require online gambling operators from 28 October to check that the card or account a player uses to deposit, and to which the player requests a withdrawal, is held in the name of the same person who holds the gambling account. The requirement is set by Real Decreto 813/2026 of 7 October, published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 8 October, which amends Spain's anti-money-laundering regulation.

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