The Czech Ministry of Finance is reported to be
planning changes to the regulation of betting games.
Details of the changes, which have not yet been
published but are already provoking much discussion, are expected
to include:
- allowing businesses within the EU to run betting games in the
Czech Republic (currently only Czech companies with Czech
shareholders can do so)
- prohibiting online betting games (there are currently no
specific provisions)
- permitting IP addresses of websites operating online betting
games to be blocked
- prohibiting banks (and other institutions) from handling
payments for online betting
- prohibiting the advertising of online betting and other banned
forms of betting games
- increasing penalties for non-compliance, with fines in serious
cases increasing to a maximum of CZK 50 million (c € 1.6
million)
Law: proposed amendment to Act No. 202/1990
Coll. on Lotteries and Other Similar Games