Slovakia Puts Gambling Back On The Table
By Brian Cullingworth, Last updated Feb 1, 2019
Parliament overrules President’s veto
The Slovakian Parliament has reportedly over-ruled President Andreja Kiska’s veto on, and adopted new gambling law, local media report.
The veto was over-ruled with the support of numerous opposition MP’s, and the new law which sets out a licensing and regulatory framework for gambling, was adopted.
The legislation opens the market to foreign operators within the European Union effectively ending the Slovakian National Lottery Tipos’ monopoly.
The framework details stringent measures to protect problem gamblers, the creation of a self-exclusion programme and a blacklist of illegal operators. Slovakians under the age of 18 will not be permitted to play.
Towns/villages will be able to decide which games to ban during specific times during the year, and Municipalities will be given the power to decide where gambling may take place in terms of vicinities around schools and churches.
Online gambling licenses will be valid for a two-year period and will be subject to a 30 percent tax on gross gaming revenues.
Infopowa news was a staple of Casinomeister’s news from 2000 until 2019. Brian Cullingworth was the main writer, contributor, and was one of the most knowledgeable persons I have ever known involved in the online casino industry.
We first met in January 2001 at the ICE in London where I observed him going booth to booth interviewing online casino, software, and licensing jurisdiction representatives. Brian was also heavily involved with our forum as “Jetset“, he was involved as an informal consultant to eCOGRA, the OPA, and was a player advocate who assisted countless aggrieved players with his connections to industry folks. He also published “Casino Cautions” via Infopowa news for quite a number of years. These can be found in our news archives.
His passing in February 2019 was a dark day for us. He will be forever missed.
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