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Although happy with the effects of legislation launched in 2017, Czech Finance Minister Alena Schillerová has confirmed that an exclusion registry will be launched next year looking to block players both voluntarily and involuntarily. The involuntarily aspect will be applied to people on welfare, people who are bankrupt and people who have received treatment for…

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) will launch a self-help tool for individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from participating in gambling at Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs). The VGT Self-Exclusion Program allows individuals to voluntarily choose one-year, five-year, or lifetime bans for this gambling activity. VGT establishments and operators must refuse wagers and deny gaming privileges,…

Unibet, part of Kindred Group, is working with the software company Gamban, to become the first U.K. bookmaker to integrate blocking software into the self-exclusion process. The extended collaboration means an innovative approach to further help people who self-exclude on their Unibet website. Kindred Group have pioneered responsible gambling procedures including their detection system PS-EDS…

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has recently issued a Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) document to request information pertaining to possible project implementations which could provide a Unified Self-Exclusion System to be applied to the regulated gaming industry in Malta. The PMC document may be accessed via the Maltese Government’s Electronic Public Procurement System (ePPS). All…

Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority has fined Genesis Global Limited and Paf Consulting Corporation over failures to adhere to self-exclusion rules. Genesis, which operates casinojoy.com, spel.com, casinocruise.com, spinit.com, sloty.com, vegashero, com, pelaa.com and casinogods.com was fined SEK4,000,000 ($432,340) for its failures. Paf, who operates, paf.com and paf.se, was fined SEK100,000 fine ($10,800). The launch of…

Following the recent upgrade of the unified self-exclusion system for land-based operators, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) is set to embark on another ambitious project which will lead to the implementation of a unified self-exclusion system for all its Remote Gaming licensees. Currently, remote gaming operators licensed by the MGA are already obliged to offer…

A year after IHL Tech launched SmartEXCLUSION it has now helped 2,500 self-excluders find the support they need. CTO Paul Harris said: “In the 12-months following its launch, SmartEXCLUSION been able to help almost 2,500 self-excluders to gain much needed support by making the self-exclusion process much easier, more personal, and more relevant to them….

KPMG is to assist The Remote Gambling Association in the development of an online gaming self-exclusion program, known as NOSES (National Online Self-Exclusion Scheme). In February this year the Gambling Commission wrote to all remote gambling licence holders to inform them that it had decided that the industry should now take forward the project to…

Talarius, the UK’s largest operator of Adult Gaming Centres (AGCs), will be the first Adult Gaming Centre to trial SmartEXCLUSION, a customer self-exclusion solution that enables multiple branches to be alerted quickly when someone self-excludes. The technology will be installed in five of Talarius’ Quicksilver venues in the North East for an ongoing period to…