Romanian Casino and Card Room Gaming

Casinos and slot halls are legal in Romania. The Romanian Ministry of Public Finance is responsible for the licensing and regulation of gambling establishments. The market is open to competition and currently the law does not make distinctions among the different kinds of gambling establishments.

Casino Bucharest, run by Casinos Austria, was the first legal casino in Romania since the formation of the Communist republic following World War II.

In February 2015, the Romanian Chamber of Deputies legal committee approved draft legislation that would ban free standing slot machines, effectively only allowing machines to operate in casinos and in outlets of the Romanian Lottery.