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The bwin.party group offers its services based on licenses issued inter alia in Gibraltar, Italy, France, Argentina, Alderney, Austria, Denmark. The group parent company bwin.party digital entertainment plc is publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker BPTY and is a member of the FTSE250 Index. Both the licenses and the listing on the London Stock Exchange require that the bwin.party group complies with very strict regulations/requirements. In addition, we do not have a server or a local establishment in Serbia so that the services would not be deemed as provided in that area.
Serbia adopted a new law on 22 November 2011. Recently, the Serbian Gaming Board made an additional, very controversial move: it sent an order to all major Serbian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) demanding them to block the sites of 70 foreign gaming operators including
www.partybets.com. This is the third attempt of the Serbian Gaming Board to send such order to the ISPs – the previous two failed. And this one, the third one, merely seems to be adopted by State-owned ISPs. Following legal opinions and even according to representatives of the Serbian institutions it seems that the current provision of ISP blocking is not in compliance with fundamental, constitutional guarantees.
Article 50 of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia provides that the Freedom of the Media shall be guaranteed and explicitly prohibiting censorship, while the current provision of ISP blocking falls within the term of "censorship". Furthermore, the ban of the websites can only be implemented after a national court's decision outlining explicit grounds of public interests. To our knowledge, no such decision has been issued so far. It is highly doubtful whether the Serbian Gaming Board would de facto enforce the ban through court or – even more doubtful – if a Serbian court would issue such order.
Reminder: Please note that as stated in the general Terms and Conditions, gaming and betting services may be subject to legal restrictions or are even prohibited in some countries. bwin.party wants to emphasize that it is up to the user to take note of the relevant national regulations. Therefore, bwin.party is not responsible for any disadvantages arising for the user from the disregard of the respective prohibitions in his/her home country. The bwin.party group continuously strives to fully comply with any applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation anti-money laundering rules, data privacy laws, age verification requirements, responsible gaming standards and gaming laws. Moreover, the company expressly declares not to provide any advice to users with respect to any tax and/or legal matters. At this regard, we suggest you consult with any local advisor.
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