Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis have signed an agreement to make voluntary gambling self-exclusions effective across all three Argentine provinces, extending the reach of their separate registers.
The agreement was signed on October 30 by Mendoza Provincial Institute of Games and Casinos (IPJyC) President Ida López, San Juan Caja de Acción Social President Juan Pablo Medina and San Luis Caja Social y Financiera Director Héctor Rodolfo Mazzina.
Mendoza's Government describes it as Argentina's first interprovincial agreement to connect gambling self-exclusion systems.
Under the arrangement, requests made from the signing date will have effect in all three provinces once the shared system is operational.
The restrictions cover physical gambling venues and licensed online platforms. People already registered with one of the provincial systems may opt in to the regional scheme.
The agencies have set a maximum of 120 days to implement the agreement. They must connect their technology and establish procedures for exchanging personal information securely.
The agreement addresses a gap created by separate provincial registers. Until the systems are linked, a restriction recorded in one jurisdiction does not automatically apply in another.
The three regulators want a person's voluntary exclusion to remain effective when they cross a provincial border.
Mendoza's existing Registro Único de Autoexcluidos de Mendoza (RUAM) covers public and private casinos and licensed online platforms.
The IPJyC says its casino cameras connect to a facial-recognition system introduced in 2021 to check the provincial register.
Resolution 160/26 added a procedure for requesting self-exclusion online.
San Juan's Caja de Acción Social offers an in-person self-exclusion process for casino rooms. Applicants must attend with a witness and identity documents. San Luis has also operated a responsible gambling program with a voluntary exclusion protocol, according to its provincial news agency.
The agreement leaves open the possibility of other provinces joining later. No additional participants or timetable for expansion have been announced.
In August, Buenos Aires City's lottery regulator trained BetWarrior staff on its SIRA self-exclusion system, one of the separate tools used by Argentine jurisdictions to help people restrict gambling access.
Mendoza's existing self-exclusion commitment can last from three months to five years, while San Juan's casino-room exclusion normally lasts four years
