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ONJN President Pledges Return to Accountability for Romania Gambling In 2026


ONJN, Romania's National Office for Gambling, has actually set out its programme for 2026 focused on reinforcing compliance enforcement and bring back regulative standards across the market.

Vlad Soare: ONJN

The objectives of the program have been vowed by ONJN President Vlad-Cristian Soare, who has actually positioned the technique as an essential action to bring back trust and confidence in a regulator whose governance has actually come under continual criticism.

Soare presumed management of ONJN in May 2025, following the resignation of previous president Gabriel Gheorghe, who stepped down amidst examination over a series of audit failures. The high-profile failings were connected to regulatory shortcomings that reportedly left close to EUR1bn in tax and authorisation charges uncollected.

Reflecting on the regulator's actions in 2025, Soare described the year as a "non-linear and uncomfortable course", but one that however delivered "tangible development in the battle versus prohibited gaming and towards higher transparency".

Operating under intense political examination, Soare specified that ONJN had provided "concrete accomplishments", primarily through boosted enforcement activity. Actions consisted of the confiscation of more than 200 video gaming makers, the blacklisting of over 200 illegal gaming websites, and the filing of 48 criminal complaints connected to financial criminal activity and unlicensed operations.

Among the brand-new efforts highlighted was the launch of ONJN's very first WhatsApp reporting channel, making it possible for members of the general public to inform of suspected prohibited video gaming makers and reinforce land-based enforcement. In the digital sector, ONJN reported a 98% takedown rate for unlawful betting content served to Romanian audiences throughout platforms run by Meta, Google and TikTok.

Enforcement will remain ONJN's main priority in 2026, supported by the prepared Q1 rollout of 2 major systems: an unified National Self-Exclusion scheme covering both retail and online gambling, and a geolocation-based QR system incorporated into the regulator's central register.

"Any person can now validate where gaming makers are located, who owns them and whether they are legal," Soare wrote.

On gamer safeguards, ONJN will handle a new single self-exclusion procedure, handled exclusively by the regulator. The treatment will introduce clear exemption periods, a specified difference between account closure and self-exclusion, and a "cool-off" stage avoiding immediate re-entry.

Further technical upgrades will consist of automated tracking of transactions, bonuses and operator statements to discover black-market activity, together with the launch of a new electronic file platform. The latter will enable all operator interactions with ONJN to happen fully online, supported by a revamped website and a devoted petitions website.

ONJN wants modernisation

Knowledgeable about the political scrutiny surrounding betting, Soare has actually supported the overhaul of Romania's Law on Games of Chance. Soare argues that authorities should work together to develop a "meaningful and effective legislative framework" to replace what he referred to as "a morally outdated Gambling Law".

End-of-year procedures saw 20 legal propositions submitted to Parliament, calling for sweeping modifications to the governance of betting. Revisions under the brand-new four-party "pro-Europe" union saw the Liberal Party (PNL) call for Romania's gambling age to be raised to 21, sent under the mandate of "safeguarding the age of innocence".

Elsewhere, coalition member Save Romania Union (USR) sent a series of modifications requiring a ban on untargeted advertising and sports sponsorships. USR has actually preserved that the overhaul of Romanian betting policy should include the disbanding of ONJN, mentioning a loss of rely on its governance across Romanian public organizations.

Back to institutional accountability

Soare has actually acknowledged that 2026 will be a definitive year for ONJN, with the regulator's future set to be shaped by continuous political and regulative proceedings. He has actually honestly identified that governance reforms, legal outcomes and parliamentary examination will eventually identify the role within Romania's betting structure.

Despite this uncertainty, ONJN has repeated its duty to continue governing Romania's betting market throughout 2026, preserving enforcement, licensing oversight and consumer security steps as structural reforms are discussed at a political level.

As part of this commitment, the regulator has actually earmarked EUR5m in financing for 2026 to support local authorities and civil societies in taking on issue betting through community-driven prevention, education and intervention initiatives. The programme represents ONJN's very first massive, structured investment in harm-reduction measures provided by regional authorities.

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