Romania

News & Analysis

Romania Approves Winnings Tax Hike

The Romanian gambling industry faces a range of tough tax increases, including fees on player winnings, after the government approved an emergency ordinance and amendments to the country’s fiscal code.

News In Brief: July 4-July 8, 2022

A trailblazing former Nevada regulator gets top job at Las Vegas NFL team.

Romanian Industry Fights Government Plans To Supersize Winnings Tax

The Romanian gambling industry is scrambling to water down government plans to introduce a 40 percent winnings tax on players.

Italian Police Break Up Mafia Betting Ring

Another mafia-run gambling network has been broken up in Italy, with police this time citing links to Curaçao, Romania and Malta.

European Blocklists Continue Rapid Growth As Spotlight Shines On Curaçao

The number of blocklisted online gambling domains across 18 reporting European countries, as monitored by VIXIO GamblingCompliance, increased by 55 percent to more than 150,000 in 2021.

Research & Reports

Market Insight: European Online Gambling

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 32 European online gambling markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, sector themes and key market developments bringing stakeholders opportunities, challenges, tailwinds and headwinds.

Interactive Map: Gambling Advertising Across Europe

Advertising is one of the most hotly discussed topics in the European gambling industry. In this map, VIXIO GamblingCompliance shows the current situation regarding gambling advertising in all jurisdictions. The map highlights the differences among the countries that allow, partially prohibit or forbid gambling advertising.

Market Insight: European Lotteries

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of 30 European lottery markets, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and lottery-level developments including growth trends by game category and channel shift towards online sales.

EU Online Gambling Outlook 2020

Despite the fact that EU countries are generally some of the most mature markets when it comes to regulating online gambling, a few have yet to issue any licences. In Germany, the latest amendments to the gambling regulatory framework entered into force at the beginning of 2020, allowing for an unlimited number of online sports-betting licences to be issued straightaway.

Practical Guide: Gambling Advertising in Romania

This guide outlines the current legal framework on gambling advertising, aims to examine the impact of the National Audiovisual Council’s administrative decisions on the industry and provides a brief overview of potential new rules for gambling advertising.

Data & Forecasts

Market Monitor: European Online Gambling

This quarterly report contains a comprehensive overview of available data on the €25bn+ European online gambling sector. Jurisdictional market size figures and year-on-year growth rates are supplemented by an interactive dashboard and standardised, comparable data on betting-gaming splits and online penetration rates.

Market Monitor: European Land-Based Gaming

This report aggregates available, sourced data on regulated land-based gaming markets across Europe, split between casinos and non-casino gaming venues. Market size and annual growth comparisons across 28 reporting European countries can also be visualised via an interactive dashboard.

Romania - National Gambling Office Report - 2015 to 2021

Latest annual data from the National Gambling Office of Romania. The data released for the country contains the following information: Number of licensed operators & tax receipts by gambling sector, estimated GGR from online gambling & land-based betting and number of slot machines. There are approximately 360 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: World Lottery Association Compendium

This report contains around 40,000 data points across over 150 lotteries and 85 countries, as collated annually by the World Lottery Association. The dataset displays total sales, GGR, digital sales & digital GGR by product category in horizontal time series and filterable table views.

Fortuna Entertainment Report - 2007 to 2018

Latest annual data from Czech-based Fortuna Entertainment. The data released for the operator contains the following information by geographical operating segment: Amounts staked, paid out prizes, gross win from lottery operations and online & retail sports betting, revenue, operating profit and number of retail betting outlets. There are approximately 990 data points in this document.