The Romanian government has snubbed the European Commission by adopting guidelines for online gaming despite EC objections to a requirement that online operators need a land-based ally.
The Romanian government argues that almost all EU countries require operators to be land-based.
The Secretary of State at the Ministry of Public Finance Bogdan Drăgoi told Romanian publication Realitatea: "We want operators to be land-based Romanian companies registered in Romania that can be monitored in terms of money laundering [...]