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.
The proposed checks would change how operators handle payments and eligibility at video gambling machines.
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A US bill proposes facial recognition requirements for sportsbooks and prediction markets. Under the Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act, sports-betting platforms would estimate users’ ages by analysing facial features.
San Antonio District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo proposed a ban on eight-liner machines in a request dated 4 September. The request next goes before the city council’s Governance Committee, which has not announced a discussion date.
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 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.