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Spain's Congress approves customer-service bill with gambling restrictions

Regulation

Spain's Congress approved the customer-service bill on 13 November, and its text was published in the parliamentary gazette, according to reports. The bill would limit promotions to players with accounts open for at least 30 days and completed documentary verification, require named payment methods and dedicated player-funds accounts, and establish a register for gambling providers.

The proposed obligations would affect operators' promotions, payment processing and arrangements with technology providers.

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Quaest poll puts bets and social media at 7% as source of hope nationwide

A Quaest poll found that 16% of respondents who were optimistic about Brazil's future cited regulation of betting and social media as a source of hope under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. That group represented 44% of respondents, making the combined issue about 7% of the full sample; the poll did not separate betting from social-media regulation. The survey interviewed 2,004 people from 30 October to 2 November.

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