Jujuy’s InProJuy publicised its voluntary self-exclusion scheme for adults seeking a break from authorised gambling venues and platforms. The regulator said the free, confidential measure can be requested for a specified period and urged people to seek help when gambling affects their wellbeing.
The scheme gives authorised operators and platforms a regulator-backed route to exclude adults who request a break from gambling.
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Puerto Rico joined the National Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program, which is scheduled to launch there in June. The Comisión de Juegos del Gobierno de Puerto Rico said the initiative supports responsible-gambling protections; idPair will distribute enrolment data to participating operators through its system.
Belgium’s Gaming Commission says people can request an exclusion covering casinos, gaming arcades and betting, online and offline. Applicants can use an electronic form or submit a signed paper request with a copy of both sides of their identity card.
South Africa’s National Gambling Board published proposed amendments to the National Gambling Regulations, 2004, in Government Gazette No. 54106, issued on 10 February 2026 by Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau. The draft would introduce a voluntary exclusion programme and require operators to report exclusion notices to the Board on receipt and submit internal controls within 90 days of the regulations taking effect.
Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda and the Autonomous City of Ceuta extended their agreement linking their gambling self-exclusion registers, according to the published addendum. The four-year extension runs until 8 November 2030. The agreement enables automated information exchange so registrations in one jurisdiction are recognised in the other.
According to a notice in the BOE of 31 October 2026, an addendum has been published extending the collaboration agreement between the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda and the Autonomous City of Ceuta. The agreement concerns the interconnection of their respective registers of people entered in the prohibited-persons registers. The addendum adds four years to the original agreement, signed in November 2022, and sets 8 November 2030 as the new end date.
The UK Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint against Optival Ltd, which operates bestbookiesandbettingsites.co.uk, after a betting advertisement appeared in response to a search for self-exclusion information. Optival said it had not intentionally targeted those searches and that automated matching may have triggered the ad; it said it would expand its negative keyword safeguards.
A complaint about a gambling-related search advertisement that appeared when a user searched for “self exclusion bookies” has been upheld against betting affiliate website bestbookiesandbettingsites.co.uk. The ruling concluded that the advertisement had been irresponsibly targeted and might have been displayed to individuals who were actively trying to reduce or stop their exposure to gambling. The regulator’s Wednesday release stated that the paid search advertisement promoted online bookmakers and welcome bonuses following a user’s search for self-exclusion information.