Romanians banned from gambling more than 10% of their monthly incomes under draft bill
<p>Romanians will be banned from spending more than 10% of their incomes earned in the previous months on gambling and betting, according to a draft bill mentioned by <a href="https://www.profit.ro/perspective/schimbari-legislative-pentru-firme/proiect-surpriza-pe-masa-romanii-vor-avea-o-limita-la-sumele-platite-pentru-jocuri-de-noroc-bancile-si-anaf-implicate-21954024?mc_cid=b2671c865c&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Profit.ro</a>, which does not indicate who the draft's authors are.</p>

<p>The banks that handle players'&nbsp;individual accounts will be responsible for setting spending limitations and will be liable to fines of up to 1% of their turnover if they fail to enforce the limitation.</p>

<p>Gambling operators would be responsible for complying with the spending limit in gambling halls. Meanwhile, the tax collection agency ANAF would provide operators with a platform to query the player's available balance within the limit of 10% of the previous month's income.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Each operator will be required to report in real-time to ANAF the amounts spent by each player.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Failure to comply with these provisions constitutes a contravention and is punishable by a fine of between RON 200,000 and RON 500,000. For the second offense, the operator's license is also canceled.</p>

<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com</em></p>

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