Danish Gambling Authority Discussing Bonuses
Tuesday May 21, 2013 : DANISH GAMBLING AUTHORITY TO DISCUSS MARKETING OF BONUSES
New draft guidelines and Greenlandic language requirements
The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) in collaboration with the Danish Online Gambling Association (DOGA), has extended an invitation for all interested parties to attend an information meeting where it will present the new draft guidelines for marketing of gambling bonuses by the betting and online casino industry.
The meeting will take place in Hellerup, a Danish suburb north of Copenhagen, on the morning of June 13, 2013 followed by contact committee meetings throughout the rest of the day.
An industry night held on June 12, 2013 at the Tivoli Gardens, will be hosted by the DOGA and Tivoli Casino with attendance expected by Government representatives and gambling industry stakeholders.
Access to the invitation can be found here: http://www.skat.dk/getFile.aspx?Id=105838
In related news, the DGA has added to the language requirements for licence holders providing gambling activities in Greenland. Operators must ensure that certain information is available to players in Greenlandic by a September 1, 2013 deadline.
Online operators are required to provide the following in Greenlandic on their websites:
- Obsolescence: The deadline for obsolescence of the prize claim.
- Rules of complaint: How the player can complain to the licence holder.
- On the front page of the licence holder's website it must appear that the licence holder has a licence from and is under supervision of the Danish Gambling Authority
- Age limits: It must appear that individuals under age 18 are not allowed to participate in online gambling.
- Responsible gambling: Information about responsible gambling and the potential harmful side effects of gambling. The information must be prepared in cooperation with a treatment centre for gambling addiction
- Information about the Register Of Voluntarily Excluded Players (ROFUS).
- Information about and contact information to Greenlandic treatment centres for gambling addiction.
Additionally, operators are required to state in Greenlandic that the following functions are available:
- Self-test on gambling addiction: Communication on access to a self-test for gambling addiction.
- The possibility of setting payment limits: Informing players that the licence holder has a function available to players, which makes it possible to set daily, weekly and monthly payment limits.
- The possibility of self-exclusion: Informing players that the licence holder has a function available to players which makes it possible for the player to request a temporary or permanent exclusion from gambling.
