ONJN the National Gambling Agency of Romania has granted Vermantia the first licensed certification for the servicing of virtual sports provisions and products for the Romanian gambling sector. Following a review of its games inventory and client services, Vermantia is the first Virtual Sports provider to be approved by ONJN. Vermantia governance stated that it would move quickly to open …
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bet365 is set to take the Bulgarian national gambling regulator to court appealing its restriction to operate in the country. Industry legal news source Gambling Compliance details that a bet365’s appeal against Bulgaria’s State Commission on Gambling (SCG) was heard yesterday by the Administrative Court of Sofia, with a further hearing scheduled for 5 May. SCG governance had granted bet365 …
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SafeCharge has today announced that SuperBet, one of the largest sports betting companies in Romania, has selected SafeCharge as its preferred payments partner for online deposits and withdrawals. Thanks to this agreement SafeCharge’s Personalised Cashier is to be integrated into SuperBet’s gaming platform. This will allow SuperBet users to initiate deposit and withdrawal requests and to select payment methods of choice for …
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Romania’s Bucharest Appeals Court has rejected bet365’s request to revoke its temporary online gambling suspension by the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). In October bet365 had moved to contest the suspension of its licensing, having been placed on the Romanian online gambling blacklist by ONJN. bet365 management were surprised by the actions taken by ONJN, stating that the company had …
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Sport Integrity Monitor (SportIM) has announced that it had been appointed integrity monitoring partner of the Romanian Football Federation (RFF). SportIM data services will monitor all levels of competition for professional football within Romania. SportIM will further assist the governing body by providing consultancy advices and full match data solutions which will cover live and historic matches. RFF officials stated …
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bet365 management is considering contesting Romanian ONJN’s decision to blacklist and revoke its online betting license despite paying the regulators obligatory back taxes. October saw the ONJN publish its latest blacklist of operators deemed to be breaching national gaming laws. ONJN confirmed that it had revoked bet365.com betting licence, but did not clarify its reasons for the repeal. bet365 management …
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bwin.party brands have been blacklisted by the Romanian online gaming regulator despite the operator having re-paid €8 million in back taxes and having been approved an igaming licence by authorities. Romania’s regulator ONJN published a new blacklist of offending operators (click here to view list), which featured bwin.com, partycasino.com and partypoker.com. ONJN informed that the bwin.party brands had breached national …
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European sports betting operator NetBet has furthered its brand presence and coverage within the recently legalised Romanian online betting market, by announcing that it has become official betting partner to Steaua Bucuresti (Steaua Bucharest). NetBet marketing announced that the partnership represented its biggest investment in Romania, with Steaua Bucuresti representing the most followed and biggest achieving club in Romanian football. …
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Having gained its licence to re-enter the Romanian online gambling market this July. European sports betting operator NetBet has announced the appointment of Dan Petrescu as first brand ambassador for NetBet.ro. Petrescu is one of Romania’s best known football figures having played for Steaua Bucharest FC (1985-1991) and in the Premier League with Chelsea FC (1995-2001). Petrescu is currently manager …
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Eastern European focused gambling and sports betting operator Fortuna Entertainment Group has announced that it has signed an agreement to license its brand to Romanian betting operators Bet Active Concept and Bet Zone. The Romanian licensed operators who are owned by investment firm Penta Group, will be allowed to use the Fortuna brand and its trademark to promote gambling and …
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