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An independent gaming authority that is not subject to instructions will in the future be responsible for those agendas that were previously part of the Ministry of Finance.
10:04 am, February 24, 2021
The federal government is the announced Game skills separation implement. To do this, the relevant agendas will be removed from the area of the Ministry of Finance and transferred to an independent gaming authority that is not subject to instructions. This was announced by Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) on Wednesday after the Council of Ministers meeting.
TO The new gambling supervisory authority will assume the tasks of operational gambling supervision.. A senate of judicial concessions will be responsible for the licensing procedures. Strict rules of incompatibility, transparency and compliance will be applied. The debate over who was responsible had recently erupted after a house search at Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP).. The corruption prosecutor suspects illegal party financing by the Novomatic gambling group, Blümel and the ÖVP reject the accusations.
“It is no longer up to date”
flowers he himself stated in a written statement to the APA on Wednesday that The multiple role of the Ministry of Finance in the gaming sector is no longer appropriate“I pointed it out a year ago and a corresponding reorganization is also planned in the government program.” The planned separation will be based on international model modelsRelevant preparatory work in the department has also been going on for a year. “In addition, the protection of the player and the fight against illegal games are promoted. Our goal is a modern, transparent and instruction-free gaming authority.”
Artichokes said after the Council of Ministers that he would become the “Unraveling” the points of contact between gambling and politics. “I am convinced that with these decisions we will deliver an important starting shot, also with regard to the regulation of gambling addiction, the fight against gambling addiction, but also with regard to the regulation of all interrelations. in this ambit”.
