EUROPEAN REGULATION
enforcement measures against those operators targeting Dutch players .
NORWAY
Regulated Gambling Products : Sports betting , horse race betting and lottery . Operator Type : Online gambling is reserved for its two monopoly providers : Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto . Status : The monopoly has extended its offering to include live betting , online bingo and casino games in an attempt to redirect traffic from unlicensed sites . The government published a long-awaited white paper on how best to regulate the gambling sector in March 2017 which proposes that the gambling monopoly remain in place and no licensing system be introduced .
POLAND
Regulated Gambling Products : Sports betting , horse race betting , casino and poker . Operator Type : Betting licences are available for companies with a representative in Poland . Casino and poker are reserved for a state monopoly . Status : Legislation enacted 1 January 2012 permits betting and there are currently only five licensed operators in Poland ( Fortuna , Milenium , STS , E-Toto and Totolotek ). Following the approval of various amendments to the Gambling Act in December 2016 , online gaming ( including poker ) is no longer prohibited as of 1 April 2017 , although the exclusive rights to offer such products are reserved to a state monopoly . Provisions that provide for the establishment of a blacklist of unlicensed operators and the introduction of ISP and payment blocking are due to enter into force on 1 July 2017 .
PORTUGAL
Regulated Gambling Products : Sports betting , horse race betting , poker , casino , bingo and lottery . Operator Type : Any EU / EEA operator can apply to be granted a licence for online gambling . Lottery games and land-based fixed odds sports
betting remain reserved for a monopoly . Status : A regulated market since 2015 . While operators can now apply for licences , their Portuguese revenue streams will be subject to comparatively high tax rates , particularly sports betting , subject to an 8-16 % tax on turnover . In 2015 , the RGA filed a state aid case with the EC challenging the Portuguese betting tax as breaking EU trade rules . Delayed technical standards were introduced in December 2016 , paving the way for operators to certify their online systems to obtain a licence . The regulator is known to have granted six licences .
ROMANIA
Regulated Gambling Products : Sports betting , horse race betting , casino , bingo and lottery . Operator Type : Any operator from an EU / EEA jurisdiction or the Swiss Confederation can apply for a licence . Lottery games remain reserved for the monopoly . Status : The Romanian government passed legislation at the end of 2014 that allows entities within the EU to apply for a licence , imposes a reform on licence fees and eliminates many ( but not all ) of the tax burdens placed on player revenues . The Gambling Law ( as amended ) introduced a legal framework for a fully regulated online gambling market , and requires licences to be held by online gambling operators , as well as software providers , payment processors , affiliates and testing labs . After some delay , the secondary legislation which fully implemented the new licensing regime came into force on 26 February 2016 . The National Office for Gambling in Romania published a blacklist of unlicensed gambling operators in July 2015 .
SLOVAKIA
Regulated Gambling Products : Sports betting , horse race betting , poker , casino , bingo and lottery . Operator Type : All products are operated by the monopoly save that land-based sports betting operators can offer services online due to a legal loophole .
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