Source: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/509012015007/consolide/current
Timestamp: 2018-07-20 01:06:13
Document Index: 748071636

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 20', '§ 21', '§ 211', '§ 22', '§ 23', '§ 24', '§ 25', '§ 26', '§ 27', '§ 28', '§ 29', '§ 30', '§ 31', '§ 32', '§ 33', '§ 34', '§ 35', '§ 36', '§ 37', '§ 38', '§ 39', '§ 40', '§ 41', '§ 42', '§ 43', '§ 44', '§ 45', '§ 46', '§ 47', '§ 48', '§ 49', '§ 50', '§ 51', '§ 52', '§ 53', '§ 54', '§ 55', '§ 56', '§ 561', '§ 57', '§ 58', '§ 65', '§ 66', '§ 67', '§ 671', '§ 68', '§ 69', '§ 691', '§ 70', '§ 71', '§ 72', '§ 73', '§ 74', '§ 75', '§ 76', '§ 77', '§ 78', '§ 79', '§ 80', '§ 81', '§ 82', '§ 83', '§ 84', '§ 85', '§ 86', '§ 87', '§ 88', '§ 89', '§ 90', '§ 91', '§ 92', '§ 93', '§ 94', '§ 95', '§ 96', '§ 97', '§ 98', '§ 99', '§ 100', '§ 101', '§ 102', '§ 103', '§ 1031', '§ 104', '§ 9', '§ 209']

Gambling Act – Riigi Teataja
Gambling Act - content
§ 1 Purpose and scope of application
§ 2 Gambling
§ 3 Types of gambling
§ 4 Subtypes of gambling
§ 5 Remote gambling
§ 6 Commercial lottery
§ 7 Tournament of game of chance
2 GAMBLING OPERATOR
1 General requirements for gambling operator
§ 8 Gambling operator and transfer of activities aimed at organising gambling
§ 9 Requirements for gambling operator
§ 10 Formation and use of additional reserve
§ 11 Qualifying holding in gambling operator
§ 12 Notification of acquisition or increase of qualifying holding
§ 13 Conditions for acquisition of qualifying holding and bases for prohibition of acquisition
§ 14 Consequences of illegal acquisition of holding
§ 15 Notification of changes in holding
2 Activity licence for organising gambling
§ 16 Activity licence
§ 17 Application for activity licence
§ 18 Inspection of applicant for activity licence and deciding on issue of activity licence
§ 19 Refusal to issue activity licence
§ 20 Bases for revocation of activity licence
§ 21 Decision on revocation of activity licence
§ 211 Expiry of activity licence
3 Operating permit for gambling
§ 22 Operating permit
§ 23 Application for operating permit
§ 24 Application of operating permit for organising instant lottery
§ 25 Application for operating permit for organising additional game of chance
§ 26 Application for operating permit for organising remote gambling
§ 27 Consent for opening of gaming location
§ 28 Making of decision on issue of operating permit
§ 29 Refusal to issue operating permit
§ 30 Bases for revocation of operating permit
§ 31 Decision on revocation of operating permit
§ 32 Expiry of operating permit
3 ORGANISATION OF GAMBLING
1 General requirements for organisation of gambling
§ 33 General obligations of gambling operator upon organisation of gambling
§ 34 Restrictions on participation in gambling
§ 35 Rules of game
§ 36 Gaming equipment
§ 37 Requirements for gaming location
2 Specifications for organisation of gambling of different types
1 Special requirements for organisation of games of chance, games of skill and lotteries
§ 38 Requirements for gaming machines of games of chance
§ 39 List of persons with restrictions on playing games of chance
§ 40 Organisation of tournament of game of chance
§ 41 Organisation of game of skill
§ 42 Lottery ticket
§ 43 Rules of game of lottery
§ 44 Application for organisation of lottery for support of non-profit association and foundation
§ 45 Organisation of lottery for support of non-profit association and foundation
§ 46 Decision of the Government of the Republic for organisation of lottery
2 Organisation of commercial lottery
§ 47 Commercial lottery
§ 48 Notification obligation
§ 49 Registration application
§ 50 Registration
§ 51 Deletion of registration
3 Specifications for organisation of gambling as remote gambling
§ 52 Organisation of remote gambling
§ 53 Obligations of gambling operator upon organisation of gambling as remote gambling
§ 54 Requirements for gaming equipment used for organisation of remote gambling
§ 55 Protection of players in remote gambling
§ 56 Restricting access to illegal remote gambling
§ 561 Activities of payment service provider in prevention of organisation of illegal remote gambling
4 REPORTING OF GAMBLING OPERATOR AND STATE SUPERVISION OVER ORGANISATION OF GAMBLING
1 Reporting of gambling operator
§ 57 Reporting of gambling operator
§ 58 Electronic recordkeeping and control system
§ 65 Additional requirements for accounting of gambling operator
2 State supervision over organisation of gambling
§ 66 State supervision
§ 67 Special state supervision measures
§ 671 Specifications of state supervision
§ 68 Rights of law enforcement agency upon inspection of lottery tickets
§ 69 Right to obtain information from gambling operator
§ 691 Right to obtain information from third person
§ 70 Temporary closure of gaming location
§ 71 Record of inspection
§ 72 Inspection report
§ 73 Upper limit of penalty payment
5 LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OF GAMBLING ACT
§ 74 Organisation of prohibited gambling
§ 75 Violation of requirements for organisation of gambling
§ 76 Violation of procedure for transfer of activities aimed at organising gambling
§ 77 Violation of requirements for formation and use of additional reserve [Repealed – RT I, 12.07.2014, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2015]
§ 78 Failure to submit report on organisation of gambling by gambling operator
§ 79 Violation of procedure for acquisition of qualifying holding in gambling operator
§ 80 Violation of requirements for use of income from toto organised on results of horse race by non-profit association
§ 81 Violation of requirements for use of funds received from organisation of lottery by non-profit association and foundation
§ 82 Violation of rules of game and deceit of player
§ 83 Violation of age limit established to players of gambling games
§ 84 Violation of prohibition of entry into credit agreement
§ 85 Failure to give warning of addictive nature of gambling
§ 86 Failure to comply with measures established for protection of players
§ 87 Violation of requirements for gaming equipment
§ 88 Violation of requirements for gaming location
§ 89 Violation of requirement for identification and registration of persons entering gaming location
§ 90 Violation of requirements for organisation of tournament of game of chance
§ 91 Violation of requirements established for games of skill
§ 92 Enabling participation in remote gambling
§ 93 Intermediation of bets and prizes in remote gambling
§ 94 Violation of obligations upon organisation of remote gambling
§ 95 Violation of requirements for organisation of lottery
§ 96 Organisation of prohibited commercial lottery
§ 97 Violation of requirements for commercial lottery
§ 98 Violation of restrictions on participation of person under 21 years of age in gambling
§ 99 Violation of prohibition of use of technical aid hindering the randomness of gambling
§ 100 Violation of prohibition of playing toto
§ 101 Proceedings
§ 102 Valid activity licences and operating permits
§ 103 Specification of requirements for gaming location
§ 1031 Validity of list of persons with restrictions on playing games of chance
§ 104 [Repealed - RT I 2010, 22, 108 – entry into force 01.01.2011]
26.11.2009 RT I 2009, 61, 401 26.12.2009, partly 01.01.2010 and 01.01.2011
22.04.2010 RT I 2010, 22, 108 01.01.2011 enters into force on the date which has been determined in the Decision of the Council of the European Union regarding the abrogation of the derogation established in respect of the Republic of Estonia on the basis provided for in Article 140 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Council Decision 2010/416/EU of 13 July 2010 (OJ L 196, 28.07.2010, pp. 24–26).
17.02.2011 RT I, 21.03.2011, 2 01.01.2012 Repealed [RT I, 29.06.2012, 2]
23.02.2011 RT I, 25.03.2011, 1 01.01.2014; date of entry into force changed to 01.07.2014 [RT I, 22.12.2013, 1]
08.12.2011 RT I, 22.12.2011, 3 23.12.2011 Repealed [RT I, 29.06.2012, 2]
08.12.2011 RT I, 29.12.2011, 1 01.01.2012, partly 01.01.2014 and 01.11.2014; date of entry into force partly changed to 01.07.2014 [RT I, 22.12.2013, 1]
06.06.2012 RT I, 29.06.2012, 2 09.07.2012, partly 01.01.2013
19.02.2014 RT I, 13.03.2014, 4 01.07.2014 The term „supervisory official“ is replaced with the term „law enforcement agency“ thoughtout the entire text of the Act
19.06.2014 RT I, 29.06.2014, 109 01.07.2014, titles of ministers are replaced pursuant to subsection 107³ (4) of the Government of the Republic Act.
11.02.2015 RT I, 04.03.2015, 3 01.06.2015, partly 01.01.2016
3) lotteries with the value of the prize pool of up to 1000 euros which are not organised more often than once a week;
[RT I, 04.03.2015, 3 - entry into force 01.01.2016]
31) lotteries with the value of the prize pool of up to 1000 euros which are organised on ships carrying passengers on international voyages that have been registered in an Estonian ship register;
[RT I, 06.12.2016, 7 - entry into force 16.12.2016]
(3) The shareholders with a qualifying holding in a gambling operator or the beneficial owners set out in § 9 of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act (hereinafter beneficial owner) or the members of a management body of a gambling operator shall not include a person who meets any of the following criteria:
(7) A toto may be organised by a public limited company or private limited company whose share capital amounts to at least 130 000 euros. A toto where the event bet on by the player is the result of a horse race may be organised also by a non-profit association designated by the Government of the Republic if the only activity of such non-profit association according to its articles of association is breeding of horses or horse management and the net assets recorded in the balance sheet of its annual accounts constitute at least two-fifths of the total assets. A toto shall not be organised if its result depends on the results of a lottery.
(2) To perform the obligation provided for in subsection (1) of this section, it is required to submit the data and documents set out in subsections 11 (2)–(4) of this Act to the Tax and Customs Board. It is not required to submit any data and documents which are available to the Tax and Customs Board through the electronic information system of the commercial register, electronic information system of the land register, the register maintained by the Estonian Central Register of Securities, or the register of taxable persons. The Tax and Customs Board shall not request the submission of such data or documents.
(4) It is not required to submit to the Tax and Customs Board any data and documents set out in subsections (2) and (3) of this section which are available through the electronic information system of the commercial register, electronic information system of the land register, the register maintained by the Estonian Central Register of Securities, or the register of taxable persons. The Tax and Customs Board shall not request the submission of such data or documents.
(1) The list of persons with restrictions on playing games of chance (hereinafter the list) is a database which shall be established and the statutes of which shall be approved by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
(2) The chief processor of the list is the Tax and Customs Board.
(3) A person is entered in the list on the basis of his or her written request without limitation in time, but in his or her request the person shall indicate a time limit beyond which he or she may submit a new request for being deleted from the list. The time limit set out in the request for entry in the list shall be calculated from the date of submitting the request and it may not be shorter than six months or longer than three years.
(4) The request is submitted to the Tax and Customs Board or to the organiser of a game of chance, toto or classical lottery who shall immediately forward it to the Tax and Customs Board. A copy of the identification document of the person submitting the request is appended to the request.
(5) The following data concerning the person are entered in the list:
2) personal identification code or the day, month and year of birth in the absence of a personal identification code;
3) date when the request was submitted;
4) time limit beyond which the person can submit a request for deletion of his or her data from the list;
5) whether the person wishes to restrict playing games of chance;
6) whether the person wishes to restrict playing toto;
7) whether the person wishes to restrict playing lottery.
(6) The data entered in the list can be examined by a supervisory authority, by an employee of the organiser of gambling if it is necessary for performance of the duties of such employee, and by the person himself or herself with regard to the data relating to him or her. The organiser of gambling is prohibited to process the data entered in the list for the purposes of research of consumer habits or direct marketing, or to transfer the data to third persons.
(7) The request of a person for entry in the list or for deletion from the list cannot be withdrawn and it has no retroactive effect.
(8) The organiser of a game of chance, toto and classical lottery shall establish measures to ensure that a person entered in the list shall not be enabled to play the games organised by them, the playing of which has been restricted by the person while being entered in the list.
(9) The Tax and Customs Board shall store the request referred to in subsection 3 of this section, any appendices thereto and the log files for one year after the person is deleted from the list.
Playing a toto by a person who influenced or had the opportunity to influence the occurrence, non-occurrence or manner of occurrence of the event which was bet on, and if there are no necessary elements of an offence provided in § 209 of the Penal Code, –
is punishable by a fine of up to 20 fine units.