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Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia discuss linking gambling self-exclusion registers

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Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are discussing linking their national gambling self-exclusion registers, according to the report. The proposal would extend a self-exclusion in one country across all three, while Latvia is also considering raising the legal gambling age to 21 and restricting 24-hour gambling venues. The report said Latvia’s register contains more than 14,000 people.

A shared register could affect operators’ obligations to identify and exclude self-banned customers across the three markets.

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Gaming Commission reviews EPIS safeguards and self-exclusion options

On 13 March 2025, the Gaming Commission Chair gathered researchers, therapists and Player Protection staff to consider EPIS improvements. They examined automatic inclusion for people facing financial hardship and whether players should set the length of voluntary self-exclusion; the source reports discussion rather than a decision.

Researchers, psychologists, therapists and experts by experience were brought together by the president of Belgium's Gaming Commission, the regulator said. Their aim was to weigh the strengths of the EPIS system and to look at ways of further improving it, working alongside staff of the player protection service. Safeguarding the most vulnerable members of society stood at the centre of the talks, the notice stated.

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