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G1 GAMING maltatoday | SUNDAY • 27 MAY 2018 Gaming Exciting times ahead for the local gaming industry. After the Maltese Parliament approved a new Gaming Act, which will elevate the jurisdictional profile of Malta from a regulatory perspective, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) is now 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. Today, remote gaming operators licensed by the MGA are already obliged to offer self-exclusion tools to their players; however, there is no unified system in place, and an excluded player can seek the services of different operators, while being excluded from some others. The Authority is conscious that this is a gap in the protection offered within its regulated environment and is committed to working towards a system which will give the possibility to players to self-exclude across all licensed gaming channels, be it land-based or remote. The Authority will also be evaluating the possibility of opening up the system for subscription on a voluntary basis to operators licensed in other jurisdictions; always ensuring a robust protection of data, in line with the GDPR.