Croatia will move to overhaul its gambling laws as a pledge guaranteed by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and Croatia’s new government.

Yesterday, Plenković submitted the draft decree of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) to Parliament, demanding ministers back an urgent reform of Croatia’s ‘Gambling Act’.

Plenković stated that urgent reforms need to be implemented, as growing concerns had been raised by local leaders, city mayors, and municipal leaders about the high and unprotected exposure of gambling to citizens.

Prior to Croatia’s snap elections in May, Plenković and the HDZ-coalition government had been criticised by opposition leaders for failing to tackle gambling addiction “impacting the lives of +40,000 Croats“.

Croatia’s gambling regime was established in 2009 under the Republic’s Games of Chance Act, which was modified in 2015 to include new gambling activities. Although Parliament has hosted several debates on gambling amendments, no decree has been proposed until now..

SOFTSWISS has shared that gambling fraud notifications fell during the first quarter of the year.

The global technology company’s managed services’ anti-fraud team has helped operators save around €6m in H1 2024 – according to the recently published insights – which is a one-third reduction in the amount at risk in comparison to last year.

Including operator and verification requests, fraud and responsible gambling notifications, the anti-fraud team handled around 54,000 tasks during the first six months of the year, which is down 8.5% year-over-year.

Ilya Nesterov, Anti-Fraud Team Lead at SOFTSWISS, commented: “The most common types of fraud our team deals with are bonus abuse, identity theft and documents forgery, which account for almost 90% of all fraud cases.”

In addition, SOFTSWISS noted that player complaints submitted to regulators or at industry forums have risen by 12.4% YoY in H1 to 118. The firm claimed that its expertise in analysing these cases helped operators resolv..

Danish gambling will be safeguarded against ‘unlicensed marketing threats’ by a new cooperative agreement formed by Gambling Authority Spillemyndigheden, Consumer Ombudsman Forbrugerombudsmanden and the Gambling Board of Spilreklamenævnet.

The three organisations will work together to strengthen their efforts against unlicensed operators targeting Danish consumers with illegal gambling offers.

As announced, a ‘cooperative ageement‘ has been formed “to avoid duplicating efforts and to enhance the overall regulation of gambling companies’ marketing in Denmark.”

The Gambling Board, Spilreklamenævnet, will monitor Danish gambling advertising and forward cases to the Consumer Ombudsman and the Gambling Authority if gambling operators do not comply with the board’s advertising code or infringe on advertising laws.

The Gambling Advertising Board will handle complaints about breaches of the industry’s code of conduct in gambling advertising. This code aims to enhance the industry’s social ..