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Romania revamps its gambling legislation by publishing detailed regulations On Wednesday, February 24th, Romania’s Government has finalised and adopted detailed technical and operational regulations for the gambling industry regarding both online and land-based companies. The revamped legislation, published by ONJN (Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc) on Monday, 29th February, sets the rules and regulations which operators must comply withRead more

Romania – next from ex Eastern Bloc to legalise online gaming A new gambling legislation, the Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO 92/2014), is to enter into force in Romania on 13th February 2015, after the government approved amendments, right before the end of 2014, to the country’s main piece of legislation on gambling, Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO 77/2009). The amendments inRead more

The Maltese Jurisdiction Malta has become the European hub of i-Gaming, licensing hundreds of gaming companies and service providers, including some of the largest and most profitable operators in the gaming industry. The Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA), the Malta remote gaming regulatory organisation, issues licences to gaming operators engaged in the online gaming business, offering games through distance communication,Read more

Ireland’s Betting (Amendment) Bill – long overdue piece of legislation The Minister of Finance of Ireland, Michael Noonan, had made attempts to enact the Ireland’s Betting (Amendment) Bill to introduce a new tax rate for online bookmakers and betting exchanges. The Betting (Amendment) Bill introduces a legal basis for the regulation of gambling, estimating that it would generate an additionalRead more

Bulgaria in a hunt for unlicenced gambling websites The latest round of additions to Bulgaria’s blacklist of unlicensed gambling sites has added a total of ten domains in the latest update, taking the total number of sites to be blocked in Bulgaria to 323, since the introduction of the blacklist in June last year. After having two more domains blacklistedRead more

Malta: Place Of Supply Rules For I-Gaming Operators As From 1 January 2015 As from 1 January 2015, new VAT place of supply rules will come into effect for EU cross-border business of electronically supplied services to non-taxable consumers (B2C).  The new rules will shift the place of supply of e-services from the location of the supplier to the countryRead more

For the second year in a row, ACT Consultus has won a Mondaq Top Communicator Award! During the Month of March 2016. Your Firm, ACT Consultus Limited (Malta) generated the most usage from our users for this category. At the end of every month, for each country, Mondaq analyses which contributing author firms were read the most by our registeredRead more

Lithuania starts blocking unlicenced operators After several countries, such as Latvia, Bulgaria and Romania, started blocking unlicenced websites, Lithuania followed in their footsteps. The Gaming Control Authority (GCA) of Lithuania, which is a branch of the Ministry of Finance, announced that, as per the amendments brought to the Gaming Law in the beginning of January 2016, strict controls followed byRead more