Romania Google and Meta are trying to tighten the illegal gambling content visible in platforms. By that end, the regulator of the country, Oficiul național pentru jocuri de nooroc (Onjn) asked the technical giants to take any paid advertisements that promote unauthorized gambling operations down.
Sent in formal letters Meta And GoogleOnjn has described the presence of sponsored advertisements promoting gambling platforms that are not allowed in Romania. The social media platforms and Google search results of the under consideration were spotted.
Onjn stressed that promoting illegal gambling in Romania is strictly banned and violating these rules is associated with fine $ 23KSo the regulator asked Metra and Google to immediately examine advertisements and prevent Romanian players from appearing.
Onjn also asked two technical giants to send information about institutions responsible for advertisements. It was concluded that meta and Google should ensure that there are no future events.
On a separate note, Onjn highlighted that unlicensed gambling offers are a serious offense and violars risk legal allegations.
Under fire for insufficient oversight, self-extinguishers
Earlier this year, Onjn found itself under the fire after a report, which found that the regulatory body has never monitored online gambling in the country. Published by the Court of Accounts, the report raised a massive question on the effectiveness of ONJN inspection, suggesting that the body licensed Igaming companies without implementing the requirement for a monitoring terminal at the ONJN headquarters.
Onjn was also accused of failing to implement the minimum verification of financial announcements made by gambling operators. Anomalies in the authority fee were of tens of millions of lee, resulting in significant damage to the state.
not long after, European Gaming and Betting Association (Egba) General Secretary, Marton Haser, Asked Romania to modernize his view To secure gambling by improving your self-extinguisher system. He proposed a real-time, failure-safe system that is accessible through a GDPR-compliance government website for all Romanian gamblers and suggested that each licensed gaming company should allow users to determine the clear minimum and maximum self-discharge period.
In other news, Maxbet, one of the largest gambling operators in Romania, just Got yourself in hot water Amid the allegations that the real owner of the company is listed in the official documents of Cyprus businessman Vladimir Sadowski instead of Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Mirilshwili.
