Maestro Global Rules (PDF) - MasterCard

Europe Region
9.4 Special Transaction Types
• The Gaming Payment Transaction may only be used to transfer winnings
to the same Card that the cardholder used to place the bet or purchase
value used or usable for gambling.
• The Gaming Payment Transaction must be properly identified in
authorization and clearing messages using MCC 7995, a Transaction type
value of 28, and a Payment Transaction program type value of C04.
• Electronic commerce Merchants that process Gaming Payment Transactions
must be MasterCard SecureCode-enabled, and must seek Cardholder
authentication during authorization of the Transaction in which the bet is
placed or the value to be used for gambling is purchased.
• In countries where MO/TO Transactions are permitted, MO/TO Merchants
may use the Gaming Payment Transaction to transfer winnings in
accordance with all applicable rules.
• Merchants that process Gaming Payment Transactions may not participate
in the Maestro Advance Registration Program.
• The Gaming Payment Transaction must not exceed EUR 50,000. >>
• Anti-Money-Laundering requirements:
– The Acquirer must consider its Merchants that submit Gaming Payment
Transactions as higher risk under its anti-money laundering compliance
program.
– In addition to any requirement under applicable local law or regulation,
the Acquirer must satisfy the Corporation’s requirement to design and
implement processes to conduct enhanced due diligence reviews of
Merchants that submit Gaming Payment Transactions.
– The Acquirer must ensure that Merchants that submit Gaming Payment
Transactions have appropriate controls in place to identify their own
customers and block suspicious activities or Accounts.
– The Acquirer must have robust procedures and ongoing controls in
place to monitor Transactions conducted by Merchants that submit
Gaming Payment Transactions and to detect and report any potentially
suspicious activity.
• Gaming Payment Transactions may only be processed by Europe Region
Acquirers in countries where such Transactions are not prohibited by
applicable law and only to Cards issued in the following countries:
Country
Code Country
Country
Code Country
020 Andorra 428 Latvia
040 Austria 442 Luxembourg
056 Belgium 470 Malta
100 Bulgaria 492 Monaco
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