ONJN has strengthened institutional capacity, protected vulnerable people and modernised control and intervention tools
Romania’s National Office for Gambling (ONJN) has highlighted the success of its gambling reform in its annual activity report covering April 2025 to April 2026 with the crackdown against unlicensed operators at the forefront of its achievements.
The aim of the Office has been to ‘strengthen institutional capacity, protect vulnerable people and modernise control and intervention tools.’
The year saw the ONJN file more than 60 removal orders against illegal operators and blacklist over 300 illegal gambling websites, leading to 60 licences being revoked. It completed 11,000 inspections, confiscating 260 devices and filed 70 criminal complaints.
Vlad-Cristian Soare, President of ONJN, said: “A year of mandate at the head of the ONJN ends. A difficult but important year, in which necessary reforms were initiated and concrete results were achieved. This report summarises only completed and ongoing projects. This year has shown that change is possible. It does not come easily and is not done without resistance. There have been blockages, opposition and attempts to put the brakes on essential projects, both from within and from without. However, the direction has been maintained, the projects have continued, and the investigations and initiatives initiated must go to the end.”
The regulator has also made great progress with its self-exclusion scheme, which now covers around 54,000 individuals. It has also developed a digital register of gaming machines with each machines now needing a QR code linked to its entry and geolocation tracking.
Local authorities now have the power to authorise or ban land-based slot halls, with politicians in Lasi, the third largest city in Romania, voting to ban slot machine gambling within the municipality. The municipality of Sibiu will follow suit with slot halls banned once their existing licences run out.
Soare added: “The mission of the ONJN is to maintain a responsible, legal and transparent gaming framework, and any mechanism built to circumvent the law and expose consumers in Romania to unlicensed platforms represents a direct threat to the public interest. We will continue to intervene strongly whenever we identify such practices and work with the relevant institutions to protect both players and market integrity. Those guilty will answer to the law.”
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ONJN has strengthened institutional capacity, protected vulnerable people and modernised control and intervention tools Romania’s National Office for Gambling (ONJN) has highlighted the success of its gambling reform in its annual activity report covering April 2025 to April 2026 with the crackdown against unlicensed operators at the forefront of its achievements. The aim of the Office has…
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