'Good policy health' certification requirement extended to all gambling and games categories
- Date
- Jul 13, 2026
- Effective
- Sep 14, 2026
- Regions
- Global
- Primary source
- Google Ads Policy Help
From September 14, 2026, every gambling and games certification category requires accounts to show good policy health; MCCs with repeated revocations or violations lose eligibility, and free-subdomain or unrelated domains are ineligible.
Extends the March 23, 2026 eligibility rules (initially applied to accounts seeking certification) to every gambling and games category. Manager accounts with a substantial volume of revoked certificates or violations lose eligibility for new certifications and may have existing ones revoked.
Sources
- open_in_newUpdate to Gambling and Games Policy: Gambling and games Certification Eligibility Update (July 2026)Google Ads Policy Help ยท Jul 13, 2026