As of the 1st July 2018, the new Gaming Act will require licensees to identify the persons responsible for the key functions, who will be issued with a Key Function Certificate following the Malta Gaming Authority’s (“MGA”) assessment of the
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The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has published the details of a sandbox which will allow the use of Virtual Currencies (VC) and the use of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in the gaming sector. The sandbox will start in Q2 of 2018 and will last
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Further to the transposition of the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive into Maltese Law the Malta Gaming Authority (“MGA”) has published an announcement that a new Anti-Money Laundering Unit has now been set up within its operational and r
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The Skill Games Regulations (the “Regulations”) were recently enacted and are applicable to skill games organised in Malta, provided from Malta or promoted or offered to persons in Malta. The Regulations establish certain objectives pursuant t
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The Malta Gaming Authority (the “MGA”) has recently published a White Paper (the “White Paper”) proposing major amendments to the current legal framework. The intended reforms will eventually repeal the existing legislation and pave the wa
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