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Sweden proposes stricter API checks for national self-exclusion register

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Sweden has submitted draft rules to the European Commission requiring licensees to use their unique connection details and the designated API when checking the Spelpaus.se self-exclusion register. Licensees must check the register when a player registers, logs in and before direct marketing; the standstill period ends on 27 February.

The proposal would standardise operator checks of the national register and strengthen the regulator’s ability to verify compliance.

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Russia launches national gambling self-exclusion register with 12-month minimum

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