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ONJN Forces Google & Meta to Remove Illegal Ads

June 20, 2025

Romania Targets Meta and Google Over Illegal Gambling Ads – A Wake-Up Call for the Digital Gambling Ecosystem Romania’s National Office for Gambling (ONJN) has issued formal demands to Meta and Google, ordering the removal of sponsored advertisements that promote blacklisted gambling operators. The move marks a significant escalation in the country’s effort to combat unlicensed online gambling—and sends a strong message to global tech … Continue

Romania Overhauls Gambling Regulation

June 10, 2025

Romania’s beleaguered gambling regulator ONJN is undergoing radical reform under new leadership. After losing nearly €1 billion in tax revenue, ONJN chief Vlad‑Cristian Soare launched immediate measures. Operators will now face tougher checks, mandatory digital self‑exclusion, funded addiction centers, and smarter controls. Read on to learn how ONJN is rebuilding trust and restoring fiscal and consumer safeguards. Romania’s ONJN Reforms: Black Market Crackdown, Digital Self‑Exclusion & … Continue

New Ban for Class II Suppliers Serving Unlicensed Gaming Sites

May 29, 2025

Romania just rewrote its gambling rulebook. Law 107/2024 forbids Class II suppliers from helping any operator without a Romanian Class I licence. Compliant firms keep market access worth €800 million in annual GGR. Audit your client list and activate geoblocking today. Class II Licence Holders on Alert: Romania Outlaws Support for Unlicensed Operators Key points We can help you obtain your Gambling License +447747224390 +17788192518 … Continue

Navigating Romania’s Class 2 Gambling License: A Guide for Resident and Non-Resident Companies

February 7, 2025February 4, 2025

Unlock the Romanian Gambling Market with a Class 2 License Are you looking to expand your gambling business into Romania? With the country’s rapidly growing iGaming market, obtaining a Class 2 gambling license in Romania is an essential step for software providers, affiliates, and B2B service companies. However, the licensing process differs depending on whether your company is Romanian-registered (resident) or foreign-registered (non-resident). In this … Continue

How do sites get blacklisted and what are the steps to follow to get legal

January 14, 2023

Opened in July 2015, the Romanian gambling blacklist includes today more than 1,383 domains that are, or were at one time, used to provide unlicensed betting. Although some sites still slip through the ONJN net, the list is quite complete to help users avoid fines of up to 10,000 RON and the complications of a tax investigation, associated with placing bets on unlicensed platforms. The … Continue

Gambling companies have to pay the new culture tax.

December 23, 2022

Gambling companies will be obliged to pay a new tax for culture, according to Law 286/2022, which is in force from November 3, 2022. But gambling consultants draw our attention to the fact that in the absence of procedural rules, the application of this regulation vague will be difficult to apply. Thus, the new law establishes that all gambling companies must pay a contribution of … Continue

Why are Online Slots so popular in Romania?

May 9, 2022

To find out why are online slots so popular in Romania, we need to first understand what they are, and how they work. So, our experts have prepared a complete article in which you will find out everything about online slots. How do online slots work? All the platforms that operate legally in Romania have behind them certain service providers in the area of online … Continue

Romanian Gaming Regulator issued money-laundering prevention instructions for gambling companies

January 14, 2022January 7, 2022

Gambling companies are required to develop their own policies and rules for identifying and managing the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing, both in terms of customers, activities performed, and types of transactions.

Enforcement of the ban on minors participating in gambling

August 30, 2020

In the context of increasing the number of casinos and sports betting rooms, as well as the offer to participate in such online games, the representatives of the National Gambling Office pay special attention to the way in which operators ensure the prohibition of minors from participating in gambling. The provisions of art. 7 para. 1) of the GEO no. 77/2009, on the organization and … Continue

The Rules of the Game and the Internal Rules – the special part

September 26, 2019

The gaming regulation and the internal regulation – the special part, proposed by the gambling organizers and approved by the Supervisory Committee of the National Office for Gambling, are mandatory documents when granting the exploitation authorization, for each type of gambling, which follows be organized and exploited. The Supervisory Committee of the National Gambling Office, after analyzing the Gambling Regulations and the special part of … Continue

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