VIDEO: The Government reminds that the notices of the Player Portal are informative and do not work as game limits
Consumo explains in a video how the Player Portal works and makes it clear what it is not.
The General Secretariat for Consumer Affairs and Gambling has once again put the focus on the Player Portal, the tool promoted by the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) for registered players to consult their online gambling activity and learn more about their own habits. It has done so with a publication on its LinkedIn profile and an explanatory video, under a clear message: "Information is a key tool to promote safe gambling".
The most interesting thing for the sector comes at the end of the message. Consumer Affairs stresses that it is "an information and prevention tool" and that "the warnings it offers are informative in nature and do not constitute effective gambling limits". As you well know, deposit limits and the control of payment methods are in full conversation between operators, so the nuance is not minor.
As explained by the General Secretariat, the portal allows you to consult the list of operators in which the player has an account and what status each one is in. It also gives access to activity reports on spending, participation and deposits, offers historical information from previous years and allows you to configure warnings when participation and deposit thresholds set by the player himself are exceeded.
The objective, according to Consumer Affairs, is "to promote a better understanding of the gambling environment, increase self-knowledge of behaviour and promote self-protection against the risks associated with gambling through informed decision-making". In other words: the portal informs and warns the player, but he is the one who decides. The limits that really slow down gambling are still in the hands of operators and regulations.
If you want to delve into that other front, at Infoplay we have told you how Gmonitor helps operators to be prepared for any regulatory change in payment methods, deposit limits and promotions. In our exclusive interview with Jdigital, the online gambling employers' association also denounced the deadlines of the new payment control.
