The National Office for Gambling has filed a criminal complaint with DIICOT against a licensed class II affiliate who redirected players to unlicensed gambling platforms and domains in Romania.

The National Office for Gambling (ONJN) filed today, March 24, with the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) a criminal complaint against a licensed class II affiliate who promotes access to unlicensed gambling platforms and domains in Romania, which is contrary to the legislation in force.

Specifically, the licensed class II affiliate’s website functions as a commercial intermediary that, under certain technical conditions, directs or redirects users (potential players) to gambling operators who do not hold an organization license in Romania. The sites are available in Romanian, and any Romanian citizen has the opportunity to register an account and deposit money in order to participate in gambling.

The respective platform does not display the same content to all users, because it uses a technical mechanism through which it identifies the country and type of user connection, and subsequently decides which offer to display, thus promoting selective content, by circumventing the rules.

The operations are intentional, automated and repeatable, thus creating routes to unlicensed sites through a controlled technical system and expressly configured for this purpose.

Such an operating method is used to circumvent the legislation, leading to the provision of remote gambling on the Romanian market, offered by unlicensed operators on the territory of Romania.

The structure described above indicates a well-organized affiliate system, with clear elements to avoid blocking, based on a redirection chain:(Landing page → Affiliate tracker → Bridge domain → Mirror casino offshore)

This practice does not represent an accidental redirection, but an intentional technical mechanism, designed to obtain undue benefits and to circumvent Romanian legislation, in order to promote prohibited or restricted content.

Among the sites promoted by the licensed class II affiliate are some belonging to the Verde Casino and NV Casino groups, unlicensed platforms in Romania, against which, in the last year, ONJN has also filed criminal complaints with DIICOT.

Statement by Vlad-Cristian Soare, President of ONJN “ONJN’s mission is to maintain a responsible, legal and transparent gaming framework, and any mechanism built to circumvent the law and expose Romanian consumers to unlicensed platforms represents a direct threat to the public interest. We will continue to intervene firmly whenever we identify such practices and to collaborate with the competent institutions to protect both players and the integrity of the market. Those guilty will be held accountable before the law.”