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Navarra requires identity checks at gambling venues from 26 March 2026

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Navarra’s government will require identity checks at gambling halls and betting shops from 26 March 2026, extending the rule to sports betting machines in bars and other hospitality venues. Operators must verify visitors’ age and check whether they appear on the region’s gambling exclusion register; they had 12 months to install the required systems.

Operators in Navarra must have systems ready to check customers’ identities, age and exclusion-register status at covered venues.

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Navarra reports no incidents in gambling venue access checks

Navarra’s regional government said its access-check system for gambling venues and betting machines in hospitality businesses had operated without incidents since its introduction in March. After eight months, companies had not raised improvements, according to Jesús Carrascosa, the government’s head of gambling and public entertainment; other regions had asked about the system.

The regional government of Navarra has given a positive assessment of access checks at gambling venues and at betting machines installed in hospitality businesses, a measure in force since March. According to the regional executive, the system has operated without incidents.

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