Paraná’s lottery authority, Lottopar, accredited Regula Forensics on 27 August to provide bettor identification and identity-verification services in the state. Authorised operators may choose among accredited providers, and the accreditation process does not incur costs for the state.
The accreditation gives authorised Paraná operators an additional provider for customer identity verification.
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Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has proposed requiring identity details from people betting on football, horse racing and dog racing under a draft decree. The proposal would also raise the daily international football betting limit from VND1m to VND10m; the article reports early local casino access has produced limited demand so far.
The Region of Murcia’s draft 2026 decree would require identity checks before anyone enters casinos, bingo halls, gaming halls and betting shops, including their bar or café areas, according to the report. Prepared by the Region’s tax agency, the proposal sets data-retention periods of six months for casinos and bingo halls and 12 months for gaming halls and betting shops, and would restrict exterior signage. The measures remain subject to the decree’s approval and final wording.
The Region of Murcia is preparing a joint reform of five regional gambling regulations that would require identity checks before entry to casinos, gaming halls, bingo halls and betting shops, according to the report. The draft 2026 decree, prepared by the Region of Murcia's tax agency, would extend the checks to bar and café areas, including for visitors who do not intend to gamble. No person would be able to enter a venue or its bar or café areas without first proving identity by DNI, passport, foreigner identity card or driving licence.
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 Hellenic Gaming Commission is reportedly considering an overhaul of how online gambling players' identities are verified, with the aim of strengthening supervision of the country's online betting sector. The commission is looking at creating a unified player verification system, possibly through a government platform, according to the report.
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.