Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis link self-exclusion registers across Argentina
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Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis signed Argentina’s first interprovincial agreement to link self-exclusion registers for licensed gambling venues and online platforms. Once operational, a voluntary exclusion requested in one province will apply in the other two, while the authorities said the arrangement could later be extended to further jurisdictions.
Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis have signed an agreement to link their gambling self-exclusion registers across the three Argentine provinces.
Once the system is operational, exclusions formalised after the agreement was signed will apply across the provinces at physical venues and licensed online platforms. People already on a provincial register can choose to join the regional system.
The signatories were Ida López, president of Mendoza's Instituto Provincial de Juegos y Casinos; Juan Pablo Medina, president of San Juan's Caja de Acción Social; and Héctor Rodolfo Mazzina, director of San Luis's Caja Social y Financiera.
The agreement builds on Mendoza's responsible gambling programme, which includes a register allowing people to restrict their access to gambling voluntarily. López said the programme provides training and awareness work, particularly concerning adolescents and online gambling, as well as support from psychologists, psychiatrists and lawyers.
Medina said he expected the initiative could be replicated in other regions of Argentina. Mazzina said the agreement left open the possibility for other districts and jurisdictions to join.
The agreement provides for a maximum of 120 days to integrate the systems and establish secure information exchange between the regulators.