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Panama enacts Law 527 with new gambling safeguards and operator duties

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Panama enacted Law 527, which the report says establishes new requirements for casinos, online betting platforms and gambling operators. The measures include user spending and time limits, biometric identification, casino facial recognition and expanded powers to block unauthorised gambling sites; the Executive Branch has up to six months to adopt the law.

Operators may need to implement new customer safeguards and identification systems, while unauthorised sites face expanded blocking powers.

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