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Ukraine plans online gambling access checks for military personnel

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Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and Ministry of Defence plan to block active military personnel from legal online gambling platforms during martial law. Platforms would check users against a state system covering the gambling exclusion register and a military database; PlayCity would oversee providers’ technical integration, with no implementation deadline stated.

Operators will need to integrate a state check that can deny access to service members while concealing their military status.

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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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