Since July 2017, the Financial Administration has begun monitoring illegal hazard on the Internet. The monitoring is focused on web pages that do not abide with the currently valid Slovak legislation in accordance with the provision of the law on gambling. It especially concerns the entities that run online gambling without a valid license issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic. This effectively means that they provide unauthorized offers. As of 17 July 2017, such entities will be disclosed on the list of unauthorized websites led by the Financial Administration and updated weekly. The Financial Administration will subsequently appeal to a court to block the web page in question as well as the payments coming to the bank account of an illegal online gambling provider.
For the running of illegal offers, one can be fined up to 500,000 EUR.
The main reason for the fight against illegal hazard online is both tax evasion and the protection of minors from gambling. However, experts expect a difficult, even almost impossible fight by the Financial Administration against illegal online hazard.
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