Romania Gambling License

The authorization/organization of the activity of gambling in Romania is governed by State monopoly.

The State can grant the right of setting up the activity of games of chance according to the law, on the basis of a license, for the organization of each type of games of chance. The games of chance are classified as follows:

• Games of chance whose winning conditions are dependent upon random elements, with the use gambling machines which are operated manually, mechanically, electrically, electronically, video automatically or in other similar ways. In order to play and win these games, they require the player’s ability or dexterity, light hand and also the chance, the hazard (the type of Atlantic pusher, Niagara);
• Casino games of chance
• Bingo, Keno type of games of chance, which take place in special game rooms;
• Sports Bets, Lotteries and Raffles , along with television Bingo and Keno;
• Contest-Games, with any type of wins, organized through telephone lines or any other means of telecommunications.

An organizer of games of chance can be any company, legally registered in Romania and authorized to unfold the activity of games of chance in accordance with the provisions of the present resolution no.251/1999.

The competent authority to release the authorization so that a company can unfold the activity written in Cod CAEN as: 9271: games of chance, belongs to the Ministry of Economics and Finances, the Commission for the Authorization of Games of Chance.

The required documents in order to obtain the licenses are the following:

• An address through which the company requests to the authorized commission to concede it the authorization for the activity of games of chance. The address must specify the type of games of chance, the manufactures series of the electric, electronic machines, equipments, and also the location where the company will unfold this activity and where the equipments will be placed. The required address must contain, also the list of all documents that exists in the dossier. Beside that, it must be written and type scripted in Romanian, and it must also be signed by the administrator or the director of the company. This address must contain also the location of the registered office, the telephone number of the company and the stamp.
• The Constitutive Document of the company, which should contain as object of activity CAEN code 9271: games of chance, and also all the subsequent modifications registered at the Registry of Commerce.
• The company’s contract, according to the case, and also all the subsequent modifications registered at the Registry of Commerce.
• The Registration Certificate.
• The Fiscal Code.
• The document which attests that the company has deposit the share capital according to the law.
• A detailed description of the activity, including a sketch of the location where the activity will take place, and also a sketch of how the machines, the equipment will be placed in the location.
• The rules of game, which must include the percentage given to the winners from the total influx of money.
• A personal statement, regarding the experience of organizing this kind of activity, a good understanding of the law of the activity of games of chance, the legality of the money invested in order to develop this activity, proof of the necessary economic power to carry out this activity, any previous sanctions for developing this kind of activity of games of chance.
• The judicial record of the administrator and the executive directors of the company.
• The documents which attest the propriety or the utilizations rights for the location where the activity will develop.
• A technical-economic study of efficiency, drawn up for the period of authorization for the activity of games of chance.
• The internal regulations for the development of this activity, in which the following must be specified: the tasks and obligations of the personnel, the system of bookkeeping, the means to provide the security for documents and valuable goods.
• A document which must attest the technical verification of the electronic, electric machines, equipments, released by specialized companies in this field, which are acknowledged by the commission.
• A document which must attest the functionality of the location where the activity of games of chance will carried out, released by the Ministry of Finances, local authorities and a written approval from the Ministry of Internal Affaires. The necessary documents for obtaining the authorization of functionality are the following:
• • a written request which has to contain: the name of the company, the registered office, the registration number provided by the Registry of Commerce, the fiscal code, the address of the location for which the authorization is needed;
  • the documents which attest the propriety or the utilizations rights of the location where the activity will develop.
  • the sanitary authorization;
  • the P.S.I (PROTECTION AND SECURITY AGAINS FIRE) authorization ;
  • the registration certificate
  • the fiscal code.
• The documents which attest the legal provenience of the electronic equipment\machines.
• The document which proofs the deposit of the warranty fund.
• The fiscal certificate
• A receipt from the Chamber of Labor that the company has no debts to the State.

The annual fees for authorization are the following:

For each electronic equipment:

• 1.669,5 lei ~ 400 Euro – annual fee for authorization
• 546 lei ~ 130 Euro – have to be paid before the release of the authorization
• 1.123,5 lei ~ 270 Euro – have to be paid in equal monthly rates, until the 25th day of each month.

In the case of the equipments games of chance whose winning conditions are dependent upon random elements, with the use gambling machines which are operated manually, mechanically, electrically, electronically the license will be nominal for each of the equipment\machine.

The authorization for the activity of games of chance is valid for 1 year. After its expiration the company can ask for the reauthorization of this activity paying the mentioned fees, and presenting only the document mentioned above at: 8, 11, and 19.

All these formalities take a certain time, which can not be specified. After all the required documents are presented to the competent authority for the authorization, someone will study the dossier and afterwards will contact the administrator or the director of the company of whose telephone number is written in the address mentioned above and inform him about the stage of the dossier. If something else is missing or needed the contact person will be immediately informed. After all the formalities are fulfilled the company will be proposed to the Commission of Authorization for Games of Chance for obtaining the authorization to unfold the activity of games of chance.

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