EGBA's Updated EU Gambling Law Tracker
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EU Gambling Law Tracker Powered by EGBA Received by the European Country TRIS number Act title End of standstill date Content Commission DECEMBER The draft Order specifies the terms of application of the obligations of operators, casinos and gaming clubs for the prevention of excessive gambling and underage gambling. Its sole article refers to its Annex, which sets the reference framework for the prevention of excessive or pathological gambling and the protection of minors. Its purpose is to define the terms enabling operators to comply with the obligations in this area set by law. The Annex to the draft Order sets out the themes of the main obligations set by the new legal framework for regulating gambling in France in terms of the prevention Order defining the reference framework of excessive or pathological gambling and the protection of minors, for which the reference framework aims to specify the terms of application: preparation and for the prevention of excessive or France 2020/850/F 28/12/2020 29/03/2021 submission of annual action plans relating to the prevention of excessive or pathological gambling and the protection of minors; design of gambling offerings; pathological gambling and the protection promotion of gambling offers; protection of minors; gambling moderation and protection mechanisms available to players; warning messages related to the risks of of minors excessive or pathological gambling; identification; and support for excessive or pathological gamblers; training and internal organisation. Finally, it includes a rendez-vous clause which provides for an initial assessment of the implementation of this framework one year after its entry into force. The proposed Rules prescribe changes in the technical and other properties of the information system for monitoring gaming devices in the part relating to the integration, inspection and transmission of data from the monitoring information system of the concessionaire to the system of the Financial Administration of the Rules on amendments to the Rules on the Republic of Slovenia, with the use of new technologies eliminating administrative barriers in the connection and exchange of information between the concessionaire Slovenia 2020/835/SI control information system of gaming 22/12/2020 23/03/2021 and the supervisory authority. The annex to the Rules is the technical Instruction on the form and manner of transmitting data to the Financial Administration of the devices Republic of Slovenia. The current ordinance determines the requirements for registration and identification of players in the central computer system of the organizers of online gambling, Draft Decree of the Council of Ministers for the rules for automated submission of information and online registration of each transaction in a server of the National Revenue Agency for lottery gambling, betting adoption of an Ordinance on the terms and on results from sports competitions and horse and dog races, betting on random events, betting related to knowledge of facts, online betting and games via other conditions for registration and electronic means of communication, as well as the manner and conditions for storing all data related to the offer of online gambling services on the territory of the identification of participants, storage of Bulgaria 2020/796/BG 14/12/2020 15/03/2021 Republic of Bulgaria, as well as the provision of remote access to these data to the control bodies of the National Revenue Agency and the State Agency for National data on organized online betting on the Security (SANS). territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and for submission of information on gambling to a server of the National Revenue Agency The draft ordinance proposes to determine the minimum requirements for gaming software and communication equipment for online betting and games via other Draft Decree of the Council of Ministers on electronic means of communication and the minimum mandatory content of the rules that gambling organizers submit for approval by the Executive Director of the the adoption of an Ordinance on the National Revenue Agency. under Art. 17, para. 1, item 4 of the Gambling Act regarding the technical and functional requirements to the gaming software and general technical and functional communication equipment for online betting and games via other electronic means of communication and in particular the technical and functional requirements to 2020/795/BG Bulgaria requirements for gaming software and 14/12/2020 15/03/2021 the central computer system related to the participants in the gambling games and in relation to gaming software; the additional requirements for games on virtual communication equipment for online gaming equipment; records, registers and data storage; random number generator; online games in which a gaming table in a casino is used as a random number betting and games by other electronic generator; requirements related to information protection and access control. means of communication The ordinance regulates the general obligatory gaming conditions and rules for the organization of gambling games with slot machines in a gaming hall; gambling in a Draft Decree of the Council of Ministers on gambling casino; games with bets on results from sports competitions and races with horses and dogs; games with bets on random events and with bets related to the adoption of an Ordinance on the knowledge of facts; lottery games within the meaning of Art. 48 of the Gambling Act (GA). Bulgaria 2020/794/BG general mandatory gaming conditions and 14/12/2020 15/03/2021 The draft ordinance determines the specific conditions that must be met in order to organize the respective gambling game for which a license has been issued under rules for the types of gambling for which the Law on Gambling, as well as the rules for organizing the respective game. licenses are issued The draft ordinance proposes to determine the minimum requirements for gambling control systems and gaming equipment, as well as the minimum mandatory content of the rules that gambling organizers submit for approval by the Executive Director of the National Revenue Agency under Art. 17, para. 1, item 4 of the Law Draft Decree of the Council of Ministers on on Gambling with regard to the technical requirements to the systems for control over the gambling games and the gaming equipment and in particular to the the adoption of an Ordinance on the technical requirements to the central computer system, related to the protection of the information; access control; the general technical requirements for gaming Bulgaria 2020/793/BG general mandatory technical requirements 14/12/2020 15/03/2021 for gambling control systems and gaming machines; control systems and gaming equipment for tournament games; requirements for jackpot formation systems; gambling equipment for organizing gambling equipment in a gambling casino; general mandatory technical requirements for gaming facilities for conducting numerical lottery games lotto, lotto, bingo and keno; random number generator. NOVEMBER The regulations now proposed relate to an Ordinance on the continued validity of the Ordinance (2020:495) on temporary responsible gambling measures in connection with the spread of the COVID-19 disease. The Ordinance on temporary responsible gambling measures in connection with the spread of the COVID-19 Draft Ordinance on the continued validity disease (notification on 29 April 2020, Notification No 2020/264/S) entered into force on 2 July 2020 and expires at the end of 2020. The current proposal means that of the Ordinance (2020:495) on temporary the stricter rules regarding deposit and loss limits as well as login times will continue to apply until the end of June 2021. Sweden 2020/697/S responsible gambling measures in 10/11/2020 26/11/2020 connection with the spread of the COVID- 19 disease OCTOBER The Remote Gambling Act [Wet Kansspelen op afstand - KOA] provides for a Central Gambling Exclusion Register (CRUKS). The Central Gambling Exclusion Register (hereinafter: CRUKS) must ensure that persons entered in the register can no longer participate in gambling offered under Dutch licences. The KOA tasks the Board of the Gambling Authority (Kansspelautoriteit - KSA) with maintaining the exclusion register and ensuring that licensed providers are connected thereto and can check Central Gambling Exclusion Register whether or not a player may be admitted to their gambling offer. The register is open for persons who would like to voluntarily register themselves for exclusion and Netherlands 2020/667/NL 22/10/2020 05/01/21 (Cruks) persons involuntary registered by a decision of the Board of the KSA. CRUKS is the digital system of the KSA that the Board uses to implement the Act. SEPTEMBER The applicable State Treaty on Gaming in the form of the Third Amending State Treaty on Gaming which came into force on 1 January 2020 (Notification No 2019/187/D) expires on 30 June 2021. As a follow-up regulation for the period from 1 July 2021, the German states have agreed on the draft State Treaty on Gaming 2021, which has also been notified (Notification No 2020/304/D). The State Treaty on Gambling 2021 is conditional upon state regulations. Due to the extensive Act implementing the State Treaty on regulations in the State Treaty on Gaming 2021, regulations are only to be amended or redrafted for the areas of lotteries and draws, outlets, betting agencies, Germany 2020/585/D Gaming 2021 in the Federal State of 21/09/2020 22/12/2020 arcades, casinos and public houses. Legislation on arcades and on lotteries and draws are redrafted in replacement acts. Due to a reasonable number of adjustments, Brandenburg the Casinos Act is simply amended. For the first time, there will soon be provisions in the Casinos Act for online casino games. AUGUST The proposed amendments to the Rules change the requirements prescribed for the contact person of the institution, delete the requirements relating to the educational structure and knowledge and experience of employees in institutions, which are already contained in the standards referred to in the Rules.