2018/0378/SK
EC/EFTA
SK Slovak Republic
  • H10 - Games of chance
2018-10-26
2018-07-31

Gambling

Draft Act of ... 2018 on gambling and on amendments to certain acts

The main objective of this new legislation is to introduce a modern legislative standard that, in comparison with the existing legislation, would take technological progress and the findings of regulatory authorities in other European countries into account more fully, while simultaneously improving the protection of players from possible harmful effects directly related to services provided in this sector.

The draft act contains

- definitions of gambling activities;

- the characteristics of individual types of gambling activity;

- conditions for obtaining a licence and operating gambling activities;

- the scope of authority of the state administration and municipalities, and the creation of a Regulatory Office for Gambling;

- supervision and sanction procedures in case of a breach of obligations by entities operating in the gambling sector;

- expert assessment of devices used in gambling operations;

- the status of the national lottery company.