Online gambling is coming to Slovakia. What to expect?
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Slovak Republic
I'm an associate and member of our Technology & Communications and Intellectual Property Groups, based in our Bratislava office.
Partner
UK
I'm the head of the firm's international Media, Entertainment and Sports group, a cross-disciplinary international team focused on supporting our clients in the sports, gambling, broadcasting, social media and digital content, games, music, publishing, advertising and marketing sectors.
On 29 January 2019, the Slovak parliament adopted a new Gambling Act. Among other new provisions, one of the most significant announcements is that the state monopoly on online casino games has been abolished. In other words, the new Gambling Act opens Slovakia's online gambling market and allows private companies, as well as online operators based in other EU markets, to apply for licences to run online casino games.