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“Te most significant change introduced
into the Belarusian gambling market was the establishment of the Online Gaming
Regulation in 2018. Upon adoption of the respective regulation, all known sectors became regulated. However, the new
regulation provided for a lot of localisation requirements that have to be considered
when entering the online gambling market in the Republic of Belarus.”
Te Ministry of Taxes and Duties called for a monopoly activity for the online sector but then in 2018 the Decree No. 305 ‘On Improving the Legal Regulation of the Gambling Business’ was introduced and this provided regulations for online betting, online bingo, online card games (such as poker) and online totalisator under one umbrella licence. It also permitted live gambling such as real gaming tables and roulette.
Te law gave online casinos the right to operate with an official licence whilst it raised the legal gambling age from 18 to 21 and this came into force in April 2019.
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It has been estimated that Belarus could rake in as much as €5.1m within the first three years of regulated online gaming business which it was previously missing out on.
In October 2019 gambling advertising at sporting events was also legalised and this initiative was prompted by the Ice Hockey Federation to monetise the sports space intended for advertising contracts.
Te regulation for online gambling includes the following requirements:
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Only those legally registered in Belarus can apply for a licence.
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Gambling business must be the primary employment of the CEO and the CEO must have at least two years experience in gambling industry.
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Operators must pay a security deposit of 20,000 base units (approximately $220,000) for betting/totalisator or 90,000 base units (approximately $1m) for other types of online gambling.
An identification process must be in place for each visitor to the online platform.
Operators must provide tax authorities with remote access to the server plus connection to the cashier system to monitor turnover of funds. Tis is done via the SCCS. Basically, the SCCS provides control over turnovers and identifies online casino visitors.
l Domain name must be registered in Belarus.
Ilya Machavariani of 4H Agency said: “Te most significant change introduced into the Belarusian gambling market was the
Ethnic Groups Currency Minsk
207,
600sq.km 9.3 million 40.9 years
Orthodox (48%), Catholic (7%), other.
Belarusian (83%), Russian (8%) other
Languages Russian (official), Belarusian, other.
Belarusian Rubles (BYR)
Government type Presidential Republic Chief of State
Aleksandr Lukashenko (since 1994)
Head of Government Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko (since 2020)
Unemployment
Elections President elected by majority vote for five-year term (with no limits). Prime Minister appointed by President and approved by National Assembly. 0.2% (April 2021)
Tourism 405,000 (2019)
establishment of the Online Gaming Regulation in 2018. Upon adoption of the respective regulation, all known sectors became regulated. However, the new regulation provided for a lot of localisation requirements that have to be considered when entering the online gambling market in the Republic of Belarus.
“More recently in January 2020 Belarusian authorities amended the provisions regarding the administrative liability of gambling operators. Namely the list of offences which constitute administrative liability was reduced, however sanctions for certain offences were increased.
“In addition, in August 2020 Belarusian authorities introduced a unified registry with all types of licences that can be obtained within the territory of Belarus (including gambling licences).
“Te main development that is expected, as of now, is the large-scale launch of online gambling market. Tis is owing to the ban on offshore gambling companies as from April this year, which might lead to an increase in the numbers of licensed online operators in spite of the existing limitation that only holders of land-
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