Deposit limits, reality checks and self-exclusion tools are getting a regulatory upgrade.
Canadian regulators are raising the bar on responsible gambling, with new guidance calling for more prominent deposit limits, mandatory reality checks and faster self-exclusion processing.
The direction is consistent across provinces: tools should be easy to find, easy to set, and hard to reverse impulsively. Cooling-off periods on limit increases are becoming the norm.
Operators that treat safer gambling as a product feature rather than a compliance checkbox are scoring better with both regulators and players.
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