Tag: Compliance Updates

Online poker provider GGPoker, operated by NSUS Malta Ltd, received permission to host online poker on November 25th, 2022 from the State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt. As with all providers, the permit is initially limited to five years.

Active in the global Poker and iGaming market since 2017, GGPoker has become the world’s largest poker room thanks to its innovative approach to poker. As an official sponsor of the WSOP Las Vegas, GGPoker is the direct link to the world stage of poker.

NSUS Germany, Sven Stiel on licensing:

“We are delighted to have gone the long and constructive path with the German  authorities. We are now able to offer our high-quality, innovative and secure poker environment officially and legally backed. This is the decisive step towards modern iGaming in Germany under professional and customer-oriented conditions.”

The French gambling regulator l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has published new guidelines on the promotion of gambling offers and incentives to consumers.

The guidelines form part of the regulator’s wider review of French gambling’s advertising standards, currently undertaken with the media agencies of ARPP – France’s Professional Advertising Regulatory Authority and ARCOM – the Audiovisual Communication Regulator.

At the start of the year, the ANJ had alerted licensed operators of its intentions to update rules on “gambling’s commercial offers involving financial rewards such as welcome offers, bonuses or freebets” as part of its 2022 regulatory agenda.

It outlined: “Less than a month before the opening of the Football World Cup, the ANJ wishes to improve the transparency of these practices and moderate them to protect players at risk.”

An update is deemed necessary to offer consumers full transparency on rewards and incentives offered by licensed operators, in which ANJ stated that “specific guidelines are required to improve market standards”.

The guidelines are focused on the criteria of “Commercial Transparency” and “Consumer Safeguards”.

On transparency, the ANJ provided a breakdown of promotional requirements that must be displayed to consumers who take up offers.

Provisions include: the duration of the offer, deposit and wagering requirements, how the offer will be rewarded (real-money or game credits) and further conditions necessary to benefit from the offer.

Operators must ensure that customers have full access to the offer’s terms and conditions, which must be written in a legible and transparent manner.

Regarding consumer safeguards, the ANJ seeks to “moderate the use of commercial offers” promoted to French consumers, stating that it would monitor the volume of bonus offers offered by operators.

Operators have been warned to “exercise vigilance”, ensuring that offers are not sent to self-excluded players or customers showing signs of problematic gambling.

ANJ recommends that welcome offers be limited to “no greater amount than €100”, whilst operators must ensure that players can opt-out of receiving all types of gambling offers.

ANJ will begin tighter monitoring of player rewards and bonuses offered by operators to make sure guidelines are followed to improve market safeguards and consumer standards, which aim to be adopted as market rules by 2023.