Reopening of online betting, Rama: The proceeds will go to sports, culture and technology

2023-03-28 12:18:40Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Reopening of online betting, Rama: The proceeds will go to sports, culture and

Prime Minister Edi Rama is participating in the honoring ceremony of seven Albanian sportsmen, who have represented the country with dignity in several different disciplines, being declared world and European champions.

During his speech, the head of government also mentioned the reopening of online betting. He said that the income from this activity will go to sports, culture and technology.

Part of the speech of Prime Minister Edi Rama:

We have seen together with the chairman of the Olympic committee, that today we have, in terms of evaluations for athletes, a financial policy that practically puts our elite athletes in the first European level in terms of financial support.

Undoubtedly, we are the first in the region, in relation to many countries that have world champions in these disciplines, and we want to do this by adding support for the special training period because there is still a gap. We will provide the opportunity for training in those parameters such as the case of Luiza who needed training.

The other is that soon we will finally pass for approval after it enters the public consultation process these days, the law on online betting activities.

It will be an important step to formalize an aspect of this betting activity that, as experience has shown, we have not been able to stop, but no country, including those with great authoritarian control.

Instead of remaining an informal activity, it becomes formalized where large international companies have access and there are guarantees for players in all aspects and where according to the law all income will go to sport, culture and technology .

Unlike before, we have defined in the law that they cannot be taken to cover other government needs, but will be focused only here.

We will have a new structure that will supervise this industry and we will have a national board where representatives from the government and the federation will participate and to determine the allocation of funds periodically according to the projects and needs of the sports federations, of the culture sector, of various groups that are interested in cultural projects.


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