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La Rioja requires biometric access checks at gambling venues

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La Rioja’s government issued an order requiring biometric checks at all gambling and betting venues in the region, effective immediately. Operators have one year to adapt; the system must check access against exclusion records, while users may choose traditional identification and data retention is capped at six months.

Venue operators in La Rioja must implement access checks within a year while preserving a non-biometric identification option.

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