Reports
MARKET REPORT: ROMANIA
LOTTERY: LOTERIA ROMANA
LOTTERY AGENTS: 1,900
LOTTERY REVENUE: RON871.6M
SLOT OPERATORS: 271
SLOTS CLASS A: 61,497
SLOTS CLASS B: 2,628 (AWPS)
BETTING OPERATORS: 27
REMOTE LICENCES: 18
BINGO HALLS: 9
POKER CLUBS: 8
CASINOS: 5
gambling initiatives in Romania and has been investing in the Responsible Gambling programme for the last six years.
In reality Romania is below the European average for problem gambling with 0.6 per cent of the population over the age of 18 with a history of problems, compared to the European average of between 0.5 and two per cent.
A study of the Romanian market was undertaken which interviewed a selection of the public and the results showed around 15 per cent of the market, some 2.4 million Romanians, gamble at least once a year and the most popular form of gambling is the lottery.
Tose who play weekly are mostly men and between the ages of 18 and 24 years and unmarried from an urban environment. Tey have an average household income of RON2,500 whilst the majority play for fun and to earn extra cash.
Romania’s gambling market is competitive but well structured. Te new gambling legislation is still in its early stages and possibly still subject to some changes further along the line.
Te effects of the financial crisis hit the Romanian gambling sector quite hard and operator numbers have dropped significantly
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247.COM Tose who play weekly are mostly men and
between the ages of 18 and 24 years and unmarried from an urban environment. Tey have an average
household income of RON2,500 whilst the majority play for fun and to earn extra cash.
whilst tax evasion and black market operations continue to be problem areas.
It is said there are some 48,000 employees who work within the gambling sector. Revenues have seen a steady increase over the last several years partly due to new legislation and total collections to the Romanian state budget from the gambling sectors amounted to €403m (RON1.8bn) last year compared to €450m the year previously.
Tere are a total of 649 operators. In 2016 the ONJN had listed a total of 23 remote licence operators; 324 slot machine operators; nine bingo halls; 11 casinos; 12 poker club licences; one Lottery company; one pari-mutual betting business and 28 betting companies.
By August 2017 there were 18 remote licence operators, 271 slot machine operators, nine
bingo halls, five casinos, eight poker clubs, one lottery company, one pari-mutual betting business and 27 betting companies. Tere are also approximately 300 Class II licensed businesses which provide affiliated business to the online sector such as software, supplies and payment processing. Tere are 61,497 slots (Class A) in the market and 2,628 AWPs (Class B). Monies collected in licence fees and taxes last year include the following:
Slots licence fees: l
l RON28.6m licence fees from 324 operators
RON760.8m authorisation fees from 103,182 slot positions Class A
l
RON7.4m authorisation fees from 1,859 slot positions Class B
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