European Gaming Lawyer magazine Autumn 2015 | Page 9

Ana-Maria Baciu

CosminaSimion

A New Beginning
The end of December 2014 has brought us, here
in Romania, not only the New Year’s Eve, but also
a brand new and long awaited new legislation on
gambling.
Thus, on December 29, in the last meeting of 2014,
the Government approved an emergency ordinance
that brought major changes to the gambling regime
in Romania. The new ordinance came into force in
February 2015, and remained unchanged for almost
4 months. After a period when, at least in theory,
the online gambling regime had finally become
operational, but in which no application was made, the
Parliament adopted a law that approved and amended
the