A recently issued emergency ordinance should allow Romania to legalize real-money online gambling with a full set of regulations.
Romania has been offering a part-regulated online gambling service since 2010.
“Through this ordinance, the government has managed to regulate the online gambling sector, which was regulated in 2010, but not completely,” said Odette Nestor, president of Romania’s National Office for Gambling. ““We now have a legal framework that allows gambling operators to get licensed in Romania and, through this licensing, we will protect minors and Romanian players.”
The new law should meet European Union request on member states to regulator online gambling.
Under previous law in the country, it was legal for players to access online gambling services, but there was no regulatory body to govern the market and online gambling sites did not have to be licensed in the country.
The new ordinance sets tax fees and licensing procedures and also allows gambling operators from companies based in the European Union to obtain licenses and offer gambling services to Romanian players.
The new regulatory structure will also require slots and gambling machines to be connected to Romania’s National Office for Gambling.
