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Spain's SAC bill sets new gambling promotion and payment obligations

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A legal alert described changes to Spain's customer-service bill after a parliamentary committee approved its report, according to reports. The proposed rules would require prior consent for promotional messages, restrict promotions to verified customers with accounts open for at least 30 days, and require operators to accept players' own named payment methods and hold player funds in segregated Spanish accounts.

The proposals would change operators' marketing consent, promotion eligibility and handling of player funds.

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ADM sets payment rules for gaming-shop top-ups amid fraud risks

Italy’s ADM issued determination 675265 on 22 October setting requirements for payment methods used to top up gaming accounts at retail outlets. The rules require top-ups to be recorded by concessionaires and withdrawals to go only to a payment instrument held in the account holder’s name; the article says the determination does not address retailers’ access to top-up portals.

Italy's ADM set requirements for the payment methods used to top up gaming accounts at retail outlets in determination 675265 of 22 October, the regulator's latest step in a framework governing top-ups at points of sale. The determination followed observations from the MEF, UIF and Guardia di Finanza, according to the source. It does not address retailers' access to the top-up portal, the source said.

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