Today Novomatic operates 414 betting terminals across 209 locations as well as in Tip & Cash agencies. In addition Novomatic has a 15 year partnership with Loteria Romana and provides them with around 5,358 VLTs plus the corresponding video lottery system to some 1,320 lottery locations. Te jackpot prize offered by the National Lottery is the largest in Romania
online operator when applying for a licence of €2,500 (documentation analysis fee) and €8,500 for the issuance of the licence.
Tere are some limitations under the Secondary Gaming Law which were imposed on online gambling operators which include:
o Te promotion of bonuses can only be done via the operator’s (or licensed affiliates) websites or by sending emails to active players who opt in for this type of e-communication.
o A players account can only be credited with funds on the same conditions as those applying for granting bonuses.
o Self excluded players cannot receive promotional messages
o A maximum amount that can be deposited is limited to €200 or equivalent until player identity is verified and players cannot withdraw funds during the verification process.
Tere are 18 licensed remote gambling operators
and all can offer fixed odds betting whilst 16 of these are also entitled to operate casino games via their gambling platforms. Tere is also one licensed online bingo operator.
Operators with an online casino licence means they can also offer online poker games. Most operators are big names like Betfair and Pokerstars whilst the offline operators have also put their footprint on the online market such as Superbet, Fortuna and Casa Pariurilor.
Prior to 2014 operating online activities in Romania was rather cumbersome from a legal perspective, but this changed and the market has also opened up to foreign operators. Te Gambling Norms enable operators registered in Romania or in another EU/EEA member state or in Switzerland to organise and operate online gambling. Te operators outside of Romania however are required to appoint an authorised representative to liaise with the Romanian authorities.
Te Norms also introduced specific sanctions for those offering gambling services without a
licence or unauthorised sites, platforms or activities and introduced the ‘black list’. Operators who perform unlicensed gambling activities in Romania risk criminal liability and the additional punishment of having the company discredited.
Te changes also provided online operators the chance to apply for an ‘interim right’ and for a year or so operators could adapt to the technical requirements to obtain a full Class I licence.
An amnesty (criminal and fiscal) was also introduced with a back tax but gave those operators who had not paid licensing fees in the past a chance to apply legally.
Cristian Radu, Partner at Tuca Zbarcea Asociatii said: “In general there is a strong interest for other operators to get a Romanian licence, but due to legislative issues this is a fairly complicated process. Te Romanian laws provided for a window of opportunity in which operators active on the Romanian market in the pre-February 2015 period could have paid a so- called ‘amnesty tax’ and get rid of the criminal
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