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The €91 Billion Elephant: Romania’s Regulator Just Told Google, Meta and TikTok the Party Is Over

August 13, 2026 by Szilaghi Consulting

ONJN blacklist enforcement against illegal gambling advertising on Google, Meta and TikTok

TL;DR: Romania’s ONJN has stopped asking nicely: 1,180 sites blacklisted in 16 months, 5-hour DSA takedown orders, and formal notice to Google, Meta, TikTok and the payment processors that carrying unlicensed gambling ads is now complicity, not oversight. The legal ground shifted underneath the platforms — OUG 77/2009 demands a whitelist standard (Romanian-licensed advertisers only), not a blacklist one, and the CJEU’s €750k Google ruling … Continue

Polymarket blacklisted in Romania: Unlicensed crypto-betting platform flagged

November 8, 2025November 2, 2025 by Szilaghi Consulting

Romania’s regulator has taken decisive action against a major crypto-betting platform. The Polymarket platform has been added to the blacklist of the Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN) amid concerns over unlicensed operations and high volumes of political event trading.As a gambling-industry expert, I view this as a turning point: prediction markets crossing into regulated gambling terrain. Operators and investors must take notice. Read … Continue

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