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In the context of law, transparency and our commitment for a continuous two-way relationship with our stakeholders, the Authority announces a public consultation in relation to the Code of Practice in relation to the advertising of betting (the “Code of Advertising”), taking into consideration the following:

1. the opinions and comments submitted during a consultation meeting in regards to the proposed changes to the Code of Advertising with the participation of the Authority’s licensees, the members of the advertising companies and SDEK.

2. the results of the National prevalence survey recently published by the National Betting Authority, the aim of which was to define gambling participation, to determine the percentage of problem gambling, to study the social and demographic characteristics of players, as well as defining the different profiles of players and their characteristics, in particular players categorized as problem gamblers; Read more →

Pursuant to the provisions of article 15 of the Betting Law of 2019 L.37(I)/2019, the National Betting Authority (hereafter the “Authority”) is responsible for the drafting of prevention and protection measures for players, young people and vulnerable groups of the population against addiction to betting. Part of the measures to protect the players and the society, as these are presented in the Authority’s Strategic Planning for 2020-2022, is the creation of the Unified Self-Exclusion Platform. Moreover, there is provision for the establishment of the Unified Self-exclusion platform in the Regulations for the Protection of Players, Young People and Pathologically Addicted Players, which were published for public consultation and are currently in the process of legal examination by the Law office.

Under the framework of legality, transparency, and our commitment for a continuous interactive relationship with our stakeholders, the Authority announces a public consultation in relation to the establishment of a Unified Self-exclusion platform. The consultation outlines basic features and functions of the platform for consultation purposes, aiming at recording feedback from licensed bookmakers, as well as from all relevant stakeholders.

The public consultation provides stakeholders with the opportunity to submit their comments and suggestions to the email address [email protected]

The deadline for the submission of comments/suggestions is the 24^th of July 2020.

The consultation document can be found here:

• Consultation document- Unified Self-exclusion platform