1. Romanian Gambling Authority
2. Romanian Gambling License Plate
3. Romania Sports Betting License
4. Romanian Gambling License Plates

However, the online gambling amendments are considered the most important ones that would enable foreign gambling operators become available on the Romanian gambling market. According to the legislation, online gambling operators are eligible for obtaining a license in one of the three classes. Yggdrasil Gaming, in particular, has received two licenses by the Romanian gambling authority. These allow the company to host online gaming platforms and to provide licensed operators with its games and promotional tools. A selection of Yggdrasil Gaming’s most popular titles, including the recently launched Bicicleta football-themed slot.

Romania's national regulator, Oficiul Naţional pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN) has awarded a Class II license to virtual sports company, Kiron Interactive. Kiron now has the right to distribute their virtual sports and numbers games in the newly regulated marketplace of Romania.

GAMBLING LICENSE IN ROMANIA Gambling entertainment is widespread and popular in Romania. Gaming officially legalized in 2015. The main legal act is call the GEO no. Excludes Romanian Gambling License deposits made via Skrill, Entropay, Paypal Paysafecard and Neteller. Casino Cruise Review Fu Star. The National Gambling Office regulates the Romanian gambling market. It is empowered to enforce the law and competent to grant licences and authorisations to gambling organisers. It is a specialised body of the central public administration, subordinated to the Romanian government.

The license grantor, ONJN regulates all forms of gambling in the country since Romania announced in 2015 that the country's online and on land gambling laws would be reformed.

Leader in Virtual Sports Products

In an announcement on the company's website, Steven Spartinos, CEO of Kiron, said: “We are thrilled to have been awarded a permanent licence by the regulator, and it is fantastic news that our suite of virtual sports and number games will now be available to Romanian customers.

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“Gaining this licence underlines our immense progress as the industry’s leading provider of virtual products, and we are excited to develop our product line in the country’s regulated market.”

Kiron, who currently have 20 games in their portfolio, is one of the first virtual sports game developers and providers to be approved by the regulatory body. Some of their games can currently be found at Ladbrokes and Dafabet among others.

In Business 16 Years

Kiron Interactive was established in 2001 and delivers their products globally over the internet, mobile, satellite broadcast, and WAN/LAN networked environments, as well as gaming machines in retail locations. According to the company's website: 'Using the latest animation and proven gaming systems, Kiron’s solutions have grown to be the leaders in their field.'

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Kiron Interactive, Kiron Interactive Awarded Romanian Licence, 09-04-2017

All questions

Overview

i Definitions

The Romanian primary gambling legislation (Government Emergency Ordinance No. 77/2009 on the organisation and operation of games of chance, as subsequently amended and supplemented), defines the following gambling products:

1. Lottery – a game of chance that depends on the random outcome of events consisting of the drawing of numbers, letters, tickets or symbols, regardless of the procedure used and characteristics of the means used to make the draw (drums, wheels, cups and other similar equipment), which can be organised (in case of land-based activity) with or without the players being physically present. In relation to lottery games, the legislation sets forth the rule that both land-based lottery games and online lottery games are under the state monopoly and can be organised only by the Romanian state company, Loteria Română.
2. Betting – a game of chance where the participant must indicate the results of future events or where the results are randomly generated by an independent IT system. The legislation expressly regulates three categories of betting: (1) fixed-odds betting (e.g., sports betting), (2) mutual betting and (3) exchange betting, which can be licensed and authorised as land-based or online gambling.
3. Casino games – games of chance that make use of specific gaming equipment such as cards, roulettes, dice and gaming tables. A particularity of online casino games is that this category also includes online poker games and online slot machine games, thus permitting the licensed gambling operator for online casino to also offer poker and slot machine gaming on its gaming platform.
4. Poker – a game of chance with 'poker' playing cards, which is – in case of land-based activities – performed exclusively between the participants in specialised locations.
5. Land-based slot machine gaming – defined by reference to one of the following three categories:
   • slot machine games with unlimited stakes and winnings played via specific machines or equipment, with the players being physically present, operated in specialised premises where gambling takes place;
   • games played via electronic devices that offer limited risk winnings (known in the industry as 'amusement with price' (AWP) machines), with the players being physically present, but that cannot be placed in specialised gambling premises; and
   • video lottery games, where the players are physically present and for which the gaming equipment must be connected to a central server running the gaming programme, and that validates the win.

• Bingo games – games of chance defined by reference to the means used in performing the activity:
  • bingo games played in gaming rooms with the winnings generated by random elements that use lottery-type draw equipment and with the players physically present on the premises;
  • bingo games organised via television networks, with the players not being physically present at the time of the draw; and
  • online bingo games, which are played entirely without the players being physically present, and that are organised and transmitted via any communication system.
• Keno games – games of chance only regulated as online gambling activities, which are included in the category of online bingo and keno games.
• Tombola – the activity of drawing numbers, letters or other symbols, regardless of the characteristics of the mechanical, electronic, digital or video devices used to make the draw, whereby players (physically present or not) may win prizes only in kind, where the value of the prizes must have a minimum value of no lower than 50 per cent of the total value of the stakes paid to participate in the game. Tombola games may be organised both as land-based or online activity.
• Temporary games – land-based casino games, slot machine games with unlimited winnings and traditional bingo that takes place in tourist resorts or on leisure crafts qualify as temporary games of chance, and are subject to a special temporary licence and authorisation valid for a period of three months.

A distinct category of temporary games exists for poker festivals that are defined by the law as temporary events organised in tourist resorts or other locations, which consist of poker tournaments performed exclusively between the participants. Poker festivals may be organised only by operators that hold a valid licence and authorisation in this respect.

In addition to the above categories expressly defined by the legislation, any other unregulated product that fulfils the conditions of a game of chance (consideration, chance and prize, further to a public offer) is also subject to the licensing requirement, since the Romanian regulator is legally competent to analyse such product and determine the category in which the product should be included. This analysis is performed on the basis of a request filed by the operator of the unregulated gambling product with the Romanian regulator, where the game rules and description of the product must be attached to the request.

The legislation does not make any reference to products such as fantasy league, pool betting or spread betting. It is, however, expressly provided that 'fun games which do not imply winnings based on random elements, but have the purpose to test the force, intelligence or skills of the participant' as well as 'sport games, which are not mainly based on hazard and imply skills and knowledge' are not considered gambling products, and are permitted without a licence and authorisation.

As to what concerns derivative financial products, while the gambling legislation does not make any reference to this matter, the Romanian gambling regulator represented in an individual context that binary options as well as other types of secondary financial instruments that are expressly provided within the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive cannot be included on gambling platforms.

ii Gambling policy

Gambling is generally permitted in Romania, provided that the required licences and authorisations are obtained, and the applicable legal provisions are observed in the course of business. Gambling is legally allowed in Romania in both its land-based and online forms.

iii State control and private enterprise

Romanian Gambling License Plate

As a matter of principle, the very first Article of the primary gambling legislation sets forth that organisation and operation of gambling in Romania represents a state monopoly and may be performed only within the specific legal parameters imposed by the gambling regulation.

However, the legislation creates a legal framework where any private operator that fulfils the requirements provided by the law is able to apply for a licence and authorisation in order to conduct gambling activities in Romania. Currently, the criteria and conditions according to which the licences are granted could not be considered as leading to an oligopoly or monopoly situation.

An exception exists in relation to lottery games. The legislation in force establishes the principle according to which both land-based and online lottery games can be organised only by Loteria Română, thus representing a state monopoly.

iv Territorial issues

Romania Sports Betting License

The Romanian gambling legislation expressly provides that the licence and authorisation granted to a certain operator allows that operator to conduct its activity on a national level, without the need to obtain approvals, authorisations or licences from public authorities other than the Romanian gambling regulator. This provision imposes, however, a notification obligation on local authorities, which means that the operator is bound to inform the local municipality in advance about the commencement of gambling activities in that specific area.

v Offshore gambling

In accordance with the legislation in force, only operators based in the EU, European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss Confederation may apply for and obtain the necessary licence and authorisation in order to provide gambling services in Romania.

A situation in which a foreign economic operator provides gambling services in Romania without holding the relevant licence and authorisation issued by the Romanian regulator is explicitly regulated by the legislation as a criminal offence sanctioned by imprisonment from one month up to one year or by a fine. Additional sanctions are also expressly provided in the legislation for a legal entity that offers unlicensed gambling services in Romania: the entity shall be dissolved and the amounts derived from the unlawful activity shall be confiscated.

Romanian Gambling License Plates

As a separate tool to control and prevent unlicensed activities, the Romanian regulator manages the 'blacklist' of unlicensed gambling websites. This list currently comprises over 1,000 internet domain names. In this regard, the legislation also sets forth that internet service providers (ISPs) as well as all service suppliers for the gambling industry, including payment processors, are bound to comply with the decisions taken by the regulator. Specific reference is made to ISPs that are required to ban access to the blacklisted websites (as well as to those websites promoting unlicensed gambling) under the sanction of a fine ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 lei.