Sports betting is back in Albania after a five-year absence since a ruling took it out of the market in 2018. The ban of regulated gambling, with the exception of state-sanctioned casinos, was signed into law by Prime Minister Edi Rama and his Socialist Party five years ago with the aim to put the brakes on Albanian organised crime. However, …
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Albania proposes AML stringent law to end gambling prohibition
Albania is making progress on ending its five-year prohibition on sports betting and gambling as a ‘draft law’ is placed under review by the government of the Balkans nation. Since 2018, Albania has outlawed gambling except within state-sanctioned casinos. However, at the close of 2022, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that the prohibition would be lifted as its measures had …
Read More »Albania targets sports betting relaunch by 1 January 2023
The government of Albania will seek to relaunch the Balkan nation’s sports betting marketplace by 1 January 2023. Sports betting was prohibited in 2018 alongside casino and online gambling, a decision sanctioned by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama as a youth protection and anti-corruption measure. This summer, Balkan news sources reported that Rama was considering suspending gambling’s prohibition to generate …
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