{"id":2976,"date":"2020-01-30T10:12:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T10:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:24:31","slug":"bulgaria-questioning-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bulgaria-questioning-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria: gambling commission officials taken for questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The head of the State Commission on Gambling from Bulgaria has been taken for questioning in regards to lottery fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Bulgaria.- The head of the State Commission on Gambling along with the head of control of the State Commission on Gambling and more than 10 officials have been interrogated by officials of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office and Ministry of Interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to\u00a0<strong><em>Bulgarian National Television<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(BNT), this is the second time that the officials from Bulgaria have been taken for questioning in two weeks. They also seized documents regarding how lottery fees are calculated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BNT also reported that the head of control at the State Commission on Gambling said that he would assist the prosecution on this case and that he was not worried about being questioned multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Parliament adopts&nbsp;<\/strong>new amendments to Gambling Act<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parliament of Bulgaria also adopted on Wednesday at first reading amendments to the Gambling Act. These changes modify the state monopoly on lottery games. Bulgaria is seeking a gambling monopoly, instead of nationalising existing companies. This move would bring extra revenue and support to the Bulgarian sport sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bulgarian National Lottery claimed in a statement that the nationalisation of private business is an&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/bulgaria-private-lottery\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>unacceptable precedent<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that will lead to irreversible consequences for the state, legislative and executive branches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the State Commission on Gambling from Bulgaria has been taken for questioning in regards to lottery fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Bulgarian gambling officials, including the head of the State Commission on Gambling, are under investigation regarding lottery fee calculations. Concurrently, the Bulgarian Parliament has advanced amendments to the Gambling Act, aiming to establish a state monopoly on lottery games to generate revenue for the sport sector, a move opposed by the Bulgarian National Lottery.","focusai_entities":"State Commission on Gambling, Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office, Ministry of Interior, Bulgarian National Television, Parliament of Bulgaria, Bulgarian National Lottery","focusai_location":"Bulgaria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact?","query":"What are the potential long-term implications of the State Commission on Gambling investigation on Bulgaria's iGaming licensing integrity and investor confidence?"},{"label":"Monopoly Feasibility?","query":"How will the proposed state monopoly on lottery games be implemented, and what are the projected financial and operational impacts on existing private operators and the state's GGR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,2234,439],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-2976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-emea","category-legal-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009214,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions\/777009214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}