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Today, the Economic Commission is holding a hearing with interest groups for online betting.
The former head of the Betting Association, Artan Shyrti, said that the law has problems and added that with this law the players are better off continuing in illegality.
"The law has problems that have not been taken into account. With this law the players have better to continue in illegality. In the world there are also physical points not only online. The law requires declaring even small amounts, this will also prevent tourists from gambling. Why only foreign companies, they will send the money abroad. If the companies that were not brought back, this initiative will fail!'- said Shyti.
We remind you that on September 18, the Laws Commission passed the draft law for the return of online betting with only the votes of the socialists. Opposition MPs raised concerns that online betting will deepen social problems, while there was also skepticism among socialists, with MP Xhafaj raising the question of the risk of match-fixing.
The debate on the return of sports betting moved this Monday to the Laws Committee. For more than two hours, opposition MPs raised concerns that sports betting will deepen social wounds.
But government representatives insist that the re-legalization of online sports betting is done with strict rules, which will bring better control of them.
There was also skepticism from the ranks of the socialists. For Fatmir Xhafajn, if online betting companies can sponsor sports clubs, then this could bring the risk of increased cases of result manipulation.
In the end, the laws committee approved only with the votes of the socialists the draft law, which is expected to be voted on by the plenary session within these weeks.
The return of online betting is intended to be done through the licensing of 10 entities, which will have the right to a license for 10 years. The licensing fee is expected to be 400 million ALL, income that the state intends to use for the development of sports.
4 years have passed since sports betting closed. The Albanian government is discussing their return after the request to the sports federations, which they see as the only financial salvation. The return of sports betting comes as a request articulated by Tonin Vocaj, the Commanding Director of the State Police after the departure of Gladis Nano.
Prime Minister Edi Rama stated that if a decision is made to reopen sports betting, it will only be for online betting and not the halls and machines and that all the revenue that will be collected will go to culture, youth and sports .
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