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Curaçao Gaming Authority denies claims of an investigation

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The Curaçao Gaming Authority and Finance Minister Charles Cooper denied that the authority was under investigation, after the Financial Supervision Board said it understood that prosecutors were investigating the regulator. The authority said it had received no contact from prosecutors and asked Justice Minister Shalten Hato for clarification; the government also denied that Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas had taken direct control of the regulator.

Conflicting claims leave the regulator’s status unclear during implementation of Curaçao’s new online gambling framework.

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Curaçao regulator denies prosecutors are investigating it

The Curaçao Gaming Authority said prosecutors had not contacted it and that it knew of no investigation, after the Financial Supervision Board told Finance Minister Charles Cooper it had received signals of integrity concerns and that prosecutors were allegedly examining the regulator. Cooper also rejected the claim; the board’s letter raised concerns involving the authority and the Tax Collector’s office.

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