Licensing decisions continue to be made in Romania to clear the country of unregulated online gaming operators. Last week two large companies were approved by the Romanian National Gaming Office (ONJN). Romania passed new gaming regulation last year, opening up the market to regulation-compliant operators and providers.
GVC announced that ONJN has granted the group a full and permanent 10-year license to operate sports betting and casino games in the country, via its fully owned subsidiary, Headlong Limited. In addition, the group has also been awarded a Class II license to supply software, affiliate marketing and hosting services to Headlong.
The group has previously been operating its Sportingbet brand in Romania under the terms of an interim license, which was granted on September 1, 2015. The new licences come in to effect from September 1,2016.
Kenneth Alexander, Chief Executive of GVC, said, “We are delighted to have been awarded a permanent license in Romania. It is an attractive and growing market where the Sportingbet brand is increasingly popular. We are focused on developing our product line there in order to attract new customers and grow our business.”
And International Game Technology also announced that IGT (Gibraltar) Limited has obtained two Romanian Class II licenses, for platform management and software provision, by the ONJN and it will now utilize the power of its remote game server (RGS) to serve customers in Romania.
“The granting of these licenses in Romania further enhances the IGT group’s presence in key regulated markets, and extends our support for our customers’ growth strategy,” said Gianluca Ballocci, IGT vice president commercial interactive sales and B2C operations. “We look forward to delivering the industry’s most robust game portfolio and well-known IGT game content to operators and players throughout Romania.”
