As we have previously mentioned on MediaWrites, as of 1 January 2017 a new Gambling Act has come into force in the Czech Republic introducing strict rules for the gambling industry, with the intention of preventing gambling addiction and associated criminality. Alongside the Gambling Act an amendment to the Act No. 40/1995 Coll., on Regulation of Advertisement (Advertisement Act) has also become effective, which now sets out more gambling advertisement restrictions in order to facilitate the intended effect of the Gambling Act.
