On 21 September 2026, the Hungarian Parliament debated, under an expedited legislative procedure, a bill amending certain laws governing concessions. The Parliament adopted the bill the following day, and it was promulgated on 30 September 2026. This article outlines the key elements of the reform and assesses its potential effects on the casino concession framework.
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According to its recent TRIS notifications (no. 2022/66/HU and 2022/67/HU) addressed to the European Commission, the Hungarian legislator have decided to open the Hungarian online sports betting market to private operators in the near future.
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The next couple of months will be pivotal for the years to come in the Hungarian online gambling market because the HGA might put an end to the de facto cease-fire that has been in place ever since 2018 with the international online gambling operators.
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Gambling is a regulatory area where Member States, due to their moral and cultural differences, enjoy a wide margin of discretion when choosing their objectives and thus market structure, however such freedom is not without boundaries: restrictive measures, such as state monopolies, must nevertheless satisfy the requirements best summarised by the landmark decision of Gebhard.